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Werk v. Werk

Supreme Court of Ohio
May 22, 1985
477 N.E.2d 1150 (Ohio 1985)

Opinion

No. 84-966

Decided May 22, 1985.

Domestic relations — Dissolutions — Court without jurisdiction to modify periodic sustenance alimony payments contained in decree.

CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Warren County.

Lawson Sharts and Eddie Lawson, Jr., for appellee James H. Werk.

Finkelman Ross and H.O. Finkelman, for appellant Gail Werk.


The judgment in this cause, having been certified by the court of appeals in case No. CA83-07-049 as being in conflict with Leonti v. Leonti (1983), 8 Ohio App.3d 129, and Alban v. Alban (1981), 1 Ohio App.3d 146, is reversed and the cause is remanded on authority of McClain v. McClain (1984), 15 Ohio St.3d 289.

CELEBREZZE, C.J., SWEENEY, LOCHER, HOLMES, C. BROWN, DOUGLAS and WRIGHT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Werk v. Werk

Supreme Court of Ohio
May 22, 1985
477 N.E.2d 1150 (Ohio 1985)
Case details for

Werk v. Werk

Case Details

Full title:WERK, APPELLEE, v. WERK, APPELLANT

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: May 22, 1985

Citations

477 N.E.2d 1150 (Ohio 1985)
477 N.E.2d 1150

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