Sanches v. Sanches

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) was therefore denied her request for alimony from defendant-appellee (hereinafter referred to as husband).