Friedman

This appeal is from an order made March 7, 1962, reducing, on defendant’s application, the amount of alimony awarded plaintiff in an interlocutory decree of divorce from $1,000 to $800 a month.

The record discloses that on May 20, 1960, an interlocutory decree of divorce was granted in favor of plaintiff in which she was awarded alimony in the sum of $1,000 a month during the lifetime of defendant and until plaintiff should remarry or die or until otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. This amount had been agreed upon in a property settlement agreement which was approved by the court. On January 9, 1962, defendant served upon plaintiff an order to show cause why the amount of alimony awarded her should not be reduced to the sum of $500 per month. Thereafter, plaintiff served upon defendant an order to show cause why the amount of alimony awarded her should not be increased to $1,250 per month. Near the end of the hearing on the matter the trial court declared to plaintiff’s counsel as follows: “THE COURT: Mr. Pacht, this evidence manifestly demonstrates the doctor’s ability to meet whatever necessary the wife shows exists. MR. PACHT: All right. THE COURT: So to…