Shanahan v. Klyn

255 N.W. 733, 268 Mich. 120, 1934 Mich. LEXIS 759

• Court: Michigan Supreme Court
• Decided: July 2, 1934
• Docket: Docket No. 113, Calendar No. 37,247.
• Status: Published

Opinions

Fead, J.

Alimony is a matter of decree of court, not of contract. Eddy v. Eddy, 264 Mich. 328. A stipulation of parties does not modify a decree. The stipulation at bar was not incorporated into a modified decree by the court and, therefore, amounted to no more than an agreement, or a receipt or forgiveness of the alimony due in excess of $400. The $400 was owing, not as a debt by private agreement but by force of the decree, and remained enforceable under it by contempt proceedings.

Judgment affirmed, with costs.

North, Butzel, Bushnell, and Edward M. Sharpe, JJ., concurred with Fead, J.