Fitch v. Fitch

In this case, the legal question is squarely raised as to the power and jurisdiction of the court, under sec tion 10481 of the Iowa Code of 1939, to modify a divorce decree in relation to property where alimony is allowed in a lump sum as permanent alimony or where there is a division of property as permanent alimony.

In the instant case, the parties had had marital difficulties extending back over a period of years. In 1922, the wife filed her petition for separate maintenance against the defendant-husband and that action was later dismissed after the parties had orally agreed upon a…