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Ancient Egyptians called alimony
the silver of hatred. A year ago the
Supreme Court said men have the
same right to alimony as women.
Since then, however, men haven’t
collected much silver.
Nevertheless, the March 5, 1979,
ruling that state laws allowing only
women to receive alimony are un
constitutional has made an impact in
divorce law.
Some call the impact more symbo-
lic than substantive.
Others, while admitting the num
ber of men receiving alimony is still
negligible, claim the ruling is a
needed shot in the arm for men’s
rights in the areas of alimony, child
support and child custody. They con
tend the Supreme Court decision
has caused judges to treat men more
equitably in divorce proceedings.
“I see more men getting equal
treatment under the law,” Mont
gomery, Ala., attorney John L.
Capell III said.“I’m starting to see
the psychological effect of that case,
but we’ve still got a long way to go.
The amount of alimony men are hav
ing to pay is less and the duration is
less. I’m starting to see a more united
front by men asking for more proper
ty rights than men had asked for in
the past.”
Capell represented William H.
Orr, whose lawsuit against court-
ordered alimony payments to his ex-
wife, Lillian, resulted in the Sup
reme Court ruling that Alabama’s ali
mony law was discriminatory be
cause it allowed payments only to
women.
Orr, now a San Francisco film
making executive, refused to pay
$1,240 a month to his former wife.
He did not claim he was entitled to
alimony, but contended that since no
woman could ever be ordered to
“Most men earn much more
money than women. Women
earn only 57 cents for every dol
lar men earn. In terms of econo
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to me that when it’s time for a
court to decide where economic
support should lie, it’s mostly
women. ” — Judy Lichtman,
head of the Women’s Legal De
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make alimony payments, he was
being discriminated against.
His wife contended the Constitu
tion and recent court decisions allow
statutes that grant economic prefer
ence to women to help compensate
for past discrimination in the job
market and other parts of the eco
nomy.
Judy Lichtman, head of the
Women’s Legal Defense Fund, said
she does not think men have been
taken advantage of in divorces.
“Most men earn much more
money than women,” Lichtman
said. “Women earn only 57 cents for
every dollar men earn. In terms of
economic fairness, it’s not surprising
to me that when it’s time for a court
to decide where economic support
should lie, it’s mostly women.”
However, she supported the con
cept that women who are financially
able should support needy ex-
husbands, adding “that situation is
very rare in the United States.”
Eleven states other than Alabama
— Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada,
New York, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming
— had laws preventing men from
getting alimony. Legislation has
been passed or is pending in all the
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states to change the discriminatory
language.
Arkansas state Rep, Bill Sherman
of Little Rock sponsored a bill to
change his state’s law, revising the
property division law to provide a
50-50 split unless the court rules
otherwise. It says both men and
women are eligible for alimony and
child support.
Several Arkansas lawyers said they
know of no men asking for alimony
since the law went into effect in July.
They said men probably would get
alimony only if there was some
reason, such as sickness or disability,
that they could not work and their
ex-wives were financially able to sup
port them.
“I’m sure the situation will come
up, but usually the man is em
ployed,” Sherman said. “If he’s em
ployed, there’s hardly a justification
for alimony.”
Attorney Frances Holztendorff
said alimony awards to women have
been declining in recent years.
“It’s just that her need has not
been there,” she said. “Sometimes
the courts will grant it for a limited
time, like for maintenance until the
wife becomes employed if she’s a
younger woman and maybe the mar
riage is of shorter duration. ”
She expects older women whose
husbands divorce them after long
marriages will continue to receive
traditional alimony settlements.
Tom Alexander, national presi
dent of Male Equality Now, said the
reaction to the Supreme Court rul
ing has been “kind of a ho-hum
yawn” since it was issued a year ago.
“The yawn has been because when
you go in front of a judge, if a man is
unemployed and his wife is making
$600 a month, you still can’t find a
judge who will say, ‘Yeah, you’re
right (to ask for alimony), ”’ Alexan
der said. “Lawyers say, 1 don’t know
a judge who would award alimony,’
and they’re right, even though the
man is entitled to support. But a
woman in similar circumstances,
she’ll get something.’’
Alexander accepts Lichtman’s
argument that women generally
make less than men so some di
vorced women should be given
financial support.
“But many women wiling
their potential,” he said ^
He cited a case in Calijt-
which a divorced husband 7
tody ofthe children and theS
earning $800 a month as,
aide. But she quit her job i
mg on public assistance
“Nobody knows how t 0 ee
back to work, Alexander said •
can t get away with that If ,
stops working forget it (X
The court says, ‘You have
ing potential capacity, » J
there and get a job.”' ^
Los Angeles divorce lawvn
vin Mitchelson, who renre^
Michelle Triola Marvin hL e
suit for financial support fr 0ni , M
Lee Marvin, with whom J [M
lived for more than six years sail
Supreme Court ruling i Srao ^
bolic than practical.
“But its a strong demonstratio
the court that you can’t pass h,
one sex and not another " u
elson said. “If men need sum
“Not all men are all-po^
and some fall on hard
the wife is doing okay
should help. ” — Tom .4J a
der, national president ol\i
Equality Now.
law is there. It’s a step towuj
equality of women and men.
“Women are cut adrift i
vorce. Often they’ve been outi
job market. Men don’t ]
selves in this position.”
Although lawyers, men’s bi rf ess
and feminists agree that men it y an ‘
awarded alimony is rare, itij| dem
pening.
In May, Henry Durand Iren
became one of the first mentoi
major alimony award after the;
reme Court decision. He
awarded $1,600 a month for life:
his wife, Elizabeth, 57, thegi ^
daughter of the founder of PliiBnftn
Petroleum Co.
Irwin’s attorney, Philip Solt
said Irwin has been unemployed
many years and has lived apart! 116 }
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ment, Irwin will receive SU
month as long as he is unmarried
will get half the proceeds of thd
of the Southbury estate, which
Mrs. Irwin’s name and worthal
$250,000.
In Massachusetts, a husbanc
voreed his wife after 10 years ofa
riage and was awarded alimo ^oft
according to family law atton
Richard Hoffman, of Walpole, 11 rS| Ni
“He was not of means, he had
thing when he came into mam
and she had an unearned income
was in excess of $150,000 a ye
Hoffman said.
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mony and child custody to ef
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