Nash v. Nash

Hill, Justice.

The parties were divorced in 1977. A jury awarded the wife "$700 per month permanent alimony” to be paid monthly for 84 months (seven years) and $800 per month child support payable until the three children attained their majority, died, married, or became self-supporting.

In 1979, after one of the children reached majority, the husband filed a petition for modification of alimony and child support, alleging a substantial change in his ability to pay. At a trial demanded by the wife, the jury reduced the wife’s permanent alimony to $300 per month for 65 months (the balance of the…