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  "name": "Jimmy H. Davis v. Maudine Davis",
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      "Jimmy H. Davis v. Maudine Davis"
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        "text": "Oseo Cobb, Justice.\nThe parties to this appeal were divorced by decree filed October 9, 1965, the decree providing- that appellant should pay appellee alimony of $100.00 per month. No children had been horn of their marriage.\nAfter the decree of October 9, 1965, appellee sought employment and obtained a job at the Arkansas Baptist .Hospital in Little Rock. On December 30, 1965, some \u202280 days after the divorce decree, appellant filed his petition to modify the decree by abating and deleting all provisions as to further alimony payments because of the changed conditions with respect to appellee\u2019s earnings.\nFollowing hearing, the Chancellor denied appellant\u2019s petition for modification and from that action of the trial court comes this appeal.\nAppellee testified in detail as to her monthly living expenses which aggregated $281.73, without any allowance for emergencies that might occur; that she was then earning approximately $200.00 per month in actual take home pay and that she was in dire need of the supplemental income from the alimony payment.\nWhile it is true that appellee may eventually become \u2022self sustaining, this was not the case as of the time of the hearing. Furthermore, there was no showing that appellant\u2019s capacity to pay the alimony had been diminished; indeed, there was some evidence that appellant\u2019s financial situation was being improved.\nWe, therefore, find no error in the action of the trial court in refusing to modify its former decree as to alimony payments to appellee.\nSee Pledger v. Pledger, 199 Ark. 604, 135 S. W. 2d 851 (1940); McConnell v. McConnell, 98 Ark. 193, 136 S. W. 931 (1911).\nAn additional attorney\u2019s fee to counsel for appellee in the sum of $100.00 is allowed for services rendered in this Court.\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "Oseo Cobb, Justice."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Fletcher Long, for appellant.",
      "John D. Eldridge, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Jimmy H. Davis v. Maudine Davis\n5-3983\n406 S. W. 2d 704\nOpinion Delivered October 10, 1966\nFletcher Long, for appellant.\nJohn D. Eldridge, for appellee."
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