Arizona Supreme Court· 9/29/1967

Patterson v. Patterson

Citations

432 P.2d 143
102 Ariz. 410
1967 Ariz. LEXIS 283

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comparing the language of consecutive trial court orders to determine if they were complementary or whether the latter superseded the former
refusing to reduce child support because the father was capable of working and his obligation to his children could not be diminished because he preferred to be idle rather than industrious or his own improprieties caused a diminution in his income
refusing to reduce child support because the father was able to work and his obligation to his children “[could not] be diminished because he preferred to be idle rather than industrious or [that] . . . his own improprieties . . . caused a diminution in his income”
husband not entitled to reduced support and maintenance payments despite lower income where court determines he had a greater income capacity
former spouse obligated to pay alimony may not avoid that duty by voluntary conduct reducing ability to pay
failure to appeal support order deprived the appellate court of jurisdiction

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Judges: Udall, Bernstein, Struckmeyer

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