CRAVER v. CRAVER

No. 63982.

649 S.W.2d 440 (1983)

Eileen CRAVER, Appellant, v. J. Kenneth CRAVER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

April 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Merritt, William H. Wyne, Jr., Creve Coeur, for appellant.

J.L. Pierson, Michael A. Vitale, St. Louis, for respondent.


WELLIVER, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether a man contractually bound to pay support in lieu of alimony is entitled, as a matter of law, to reduce his payments by the amount of Social Security benefits that his former wife receives each month through his Social Security account. We hold that he is not.

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Appellant Eileen Craver and respondent J. Kenneth Craver were married on June 18, 1939. On May 7, 1970, they obtained a divorce from the...

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