In Re the Marriage of Carlson

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

We retained this appeal to determine whether alimony provided by a dissolution decree, once “terminated” by an order of modification, can ever be reinstated in a subsequent modification proceeding. We hold such a modification may be made in the unusual circumstances of this case, and affirm the trial court on this and other issues.

After a twenty-year marriage that produced six children, five still living, petition er Richard Carlson brought an action to dissolve his marriage to respondent Jacqueline Carlson. The dissolution decree was filed February 26, 1975. The…