BECKER v. BECKER

No. 1233, September Term, 1977.

39 Md. App. 630 (1978)

387 A.2d 317

SOL BECKER v. BETTY BELLE BECKER.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Edward Axel for appellant.

Thomas A. Gentile, with whom was Harry W. Goldberg on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before LOWE, MELVIN and MACDANIEL, JJ.


MELVIN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole issue presented by this appeal, a case of first impression in Maryland, is whether a father who has been ordered by a divorce decree to pay an undivided sum weekly for the support and maintenance of the two minor children of the parties, may unilaterally reduce by one-half the amount of such payments when the first child attains his majority. We hold that unless the father obtains a court order modifying the...

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