Opinion ID: 1751300
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: has there been a material change in circumstances arising subsequent to the decree of february 24, 1989 to warrant a modification of separate maintenance?

Text: To prevail on this assignment of error, Elton must show that the chancellor committed manifest error in denying his request for a reduction in separate maintenance payments. Crow, 622 So.2d at 1228. The test to determine if an award of separate maintenance may be modified is found in Landrum v. Landrum, 498 So.2d 1229, 1230 (Miss. 1986). That test is as follows: a decree for separate maintenance may be modified upon a petition presented because of a material or substantial change of circumstances arising subsequent to the date of the decree. (emphasis added). Landrum, 498 So.2d at 1230; Wilson v. Wilson, 198 Miss. 334, 343, 22 So.2d 161 (1945); Malone v. Malone, 159 Miss. 138, 143, 131 So. 870 (1931).