Holt v. Holt’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 14 state decisions

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1. “We have held that a divorced husband must make proper application to the court having jurisdiction to obtain relief from the payment of alimony provided in the decree of divorce from a former wife on account of her remarriage. Beasley v. Beasley, 247 Ark. 338 , 445 S.W. 2d 500 ; Wear v. Boydstone, 230 Ark. 580 , 324 S.W. 2d 337 . ... [[Image here]] The reason for our ruling requiring that application be made for relief from alimony payments was clearly stated in Wear v. Boydstone, supra, by the following quotation from 27 C.J.S., 994, Divorce § 239c: Although there is contrary authority, in the absence of a mandatory statute to the contrary, a divorced wife’s remarriage to another does not necessarily of itself operate as a release of the former husband’s obligation to pay alimony. It does, however, afford a cogent reason for the court to modify or vacate the order,. . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Frawley v. Smith