Opinion ID: 1307459
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Alleged Change in Circumstances and Fraud

Text: No claim is made that either the alimony or support provisions made in the original judgment and decree were inadequate for the actual needs of plaintiff's family. The monthly cash amount directly payable to plaintiff as alimony was small in comparison to the cash amount of support for each child, but we may assume that such practical matters as plaintiff's availability for employment [1] and the taxability of alimony influenced the allocations between alimony and support money. Measured by the financial situation of the defendant at the time of the negotiations, the cash payments for alimony and support, plus the other substantial monetary obligations, were not ungenerous. At that time, defendant had a before-tax annual income of slightly more than $25,000 and the net worth of his business interest in Kaiser Sales Company was approximately $3,000. The asserted change in circumstances and alleged fraud in the negotiation of the stipulation for alimony, support, and property settlement are based exclusively on the fact that within just a year after the divorce defendant's annual income doubled to some $50,000 and his net worth vaulted to a figure in excess of $240,000. Although there was this remarkable change in defendant's circumstances, there was otherwise no marked change in plaintiff's. [2]