Legal Opinion

Steele v. Steele

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided July 30, 1964No. 8 Div. 160PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

Appeal from a decree, modifying a decree of child support from $200 to $135 per month. The original decree, in addition to a lump sum settlement for the wife and allowance of her attorneys’ fees, provided for payments of $66.67 per month for each of three minor children. The modification reduced the payments to $45 per month for each of the three children.

Both husband and wife married again after the divorce and the husband, appellee, filed a petition for modification exactly one year after the date of the divorce decree. The chief basis of the petition was alleged changed…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mothershed v. MothershedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  2. Young v. YoungSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  3. Stewart v. StewartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  4. Postell v. PostellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. O'Dell v. O'DellCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  2. Esco v. EscoCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  3. Stewart v. StewartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  4. Rose v. RoseCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  5. State v. Argo-Collier Truck Lines CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970

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