White v. Bendix

FOURNET, Justice.

The plaintiff is appealing from a judgment of the lower court dismissing his rule to have the alimony of $40 a month awarded his wife reduced.

Under the express provisions of Article 160 of the Revised Civil Code, the court, finding a wife sued for divorce on the grounds of separation for more than two years entitled to the same, may allow her “in its -discretion, out of the property and earnings of her husband, alimony which shall not exceed one-third of his income,” but this alimony may be adjusted at any time to meet the changing needs of the wife and the husband’s ability…