GALE v. GALE

No. 7944.

123 Utah 277 (1953)

258 P.2d 986

GALE v. GALE

Supreme Court of Utah.

Decided June 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley P. Jones, Jr., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

McCullough, Boyce & McCullough, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice.

The legal principle controlling in this case is that a divorce decree may not be modified unless it is alleged, proved and the trial court finds that the circumstances upon which it was based have undergone a substantial change.1

The plaintiff was awarded a decree of divorce May 29, 1951. A property settlement was approved which gave her the family home (being purchased under contract), certain personal property...

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