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SANCHES v. SANCHES

No. 5417.

626 P.2d 61 (1981)

Dorothy M. SANCHES, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. William K. SANCHES, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 25, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Myres and Rod Sutherland, Legal Intern, Casper (argued), for appellant (plaintiff).

Neil J. Short, Casper (argued), for appellee (defendant).

Before ROSE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS and ROONEY, JJ., and SAWYER, District Judge.

ROONEY, Justice.

In a divorce action, the trial court held § 20-2-114, W.S. 1977, to be unconstitutional pursuant to Orr v. Orr, 440 U.S. 268, 99 S.Ct. 1102, 59 L.Ed.2d 306 (1979), which held that the Alabama statutory scheme which imposed alimony on husbands but not wives violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Plaintiff-appellant (hereinafter referred to as wife...

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