Malouin

The important facts are not in dispute: an interlocutory judgment of divorce entered September 8, 1969, granted Shirley E. Malouin (wife) a decree of divorce and awarded her a property settlement plus $850 per month child support for two children for 10 months; then $325 per month per child, payable on the first of each month and continuing thereafter on the first of each successive month until each child obtained majority. On March 26, 1970, the interlocutory judgment was modified in accordance with a stipulation of the parties whereby Joseph A. Malouin (husband) was ordered to continue to pay to wife as and for the support of the minor child Daniel, born June 7, 1957, the sum of $475 per month, and continuing thereafter until August 1, 1970, at which time the payment was to be reduced to the sum of $375 per month; and continuing thereafter until said child attained majority. The same order awarded custody of James Peter Malouin, the other minor child, to husband.

On March 4, 1972, Civil Code section 25 went into effect, lowering the age of majority to 18 years. On December 7, 1972, the court, after a contested hearing, made the following order: “The order of April 1,…