Aiken v. Aiken

This proceeding is to review a decree denying the petition of the husband to modify a decree for permanent alimony upon divorce because of changed conditions affecting the financial status of the husband.

Whefe a decree for permanent alimony is not for a lump sum, nor otherwise indicative of a division of property merely, but a monthly allowance for the wife’s maintenance, running into the indefinite future, and payable, if need be, from the future earnings of the husband, the court has power to modify the same because of changed conditions of the parties, whether such power be expressly…