Aldrich v. Aldrich

Petitioner, Marguerite Loretta Aldrich, was granted a divorce from M. S. Aldrich by the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, in 1945. The jurisdiction of that court to award the divorce was not contested then, nor is it contested in this action. M. S. Aldrich was ordered by the Court to pay petitioner $250 a month as permanent alimony, and the decree provided that “said monthly sum of $250.00 shall, upon the death of said defendant [husband], become a charge upon his estate during her [petitioner’s] lifetime . . . .” There was no prior express agreement between the parties that the estate…