Sansom v. Sansom

This is an appeal from the granting of a modification of a divorce decree reducing the amount of alimony payments.

The husband filed a petition to modify the previous judgment of divorce by reducing the amounts that he was required to pay for child support and alimony. After an ore tenus hearing, the trial court reduced the amount of alimony from $175 per month to $100 per month. The amount of child support remained the same, i.e., $50 per week. The trial court did rule, however, that any amount paid to the mother as a result of the child being the dependent of a disabled veteran should be…