Riney v. Riney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

The basic question presented by this appeal is whether an order reviving past due installment payments for the support and education of the minor children of a marriage under a divorce decree is valid. The order in question purported to revive not only unpaid installments which were dormant but also installments which had not yet become dormant.

The facts are not in dispute. In 1950 Z. Mae Riney (plaintiffappellee) obtained a divorce from her husband, Earl Riney (defendant-appellant) in the district court of Scott County, Kansas. The…