· 11/14/1979
Keltner v. Keltner
Citations
- 589 S.W.2d 235
- 1979 Mo. LEXIS 309
How courts have described this case
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- generally undesirable to give retroactive effect to overruling decisions except under the most compelling circumstances
- statutory alimony is subject to modification while contractual alimony is not
- reference to “statutory alimony” in agreement indicated intention of decretal alimony
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Judges: Bardgett, Donnelly, Rendlen, Seiler, Welliver, Morgan, Higgins
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