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MITCHELL v. MITCHELL

594 S.W.2d 699 (1980)

Betty Elizabeth MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daymond Virgil MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.B. Hogan, Nashville, for defendant-appellant.

C. Edward Coomer, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This divorce action is before us on direct appeal pursuant to Section 16-408, T.C.A. Appellant challenges the constitutionality of a gender-based statutory scheme which provides for allocation of support monies and property to the wife upon dissolution of a marriage. We examine Sections 36-820 through 36-825, T.C.A., as they read prior to being amended in May 1979,1 to determine whether in that form, they...

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