Petersen

On this appeal by the wife from a portion of the judgment establishing an Illinois divorce decree as a California judgment, reducing future child support payments, and permitting the sale of certain securities to satisfy arrearage in past child support payments, the contentions are: 1) the applicable standard of “changed circumstances” is that of Illinois; 2) there was insufficient evidence of changed circumstances to support the reduction of child support; and 3) the court abused its discretion in directing the sale of certain stock to pay the husband’s $2,400 arrearage in child support.

The record reveals the following facts: The parties were married in 1947, separated in 1964, and divorced on June 13, 1968, in Illinois, where they then resided. At the time of the divorce, the three children of the parties were 19, 16 and 4 years old. The written property settlement agreement of the parties dated June 4 and merged into the divorce decree, provided, so far as here pertinent: 1) the wife had custody of the children; 2) the husband was to pay $150. a month for the support of each of the three children, commencing July 1, 1968, until each attained 21 years of age or…