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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1927
Page
8
A Chicago debate covers alimony questions across three courts including the Superior Circuit and Domestic Relations. Clergy clubs and legal circles discuss whether wives should pay ex husbands alimony and whether nonpayers belong in jail. Report cites evidence that men in Chicago pay three to five million dollars annually in alimony.
Hundreds of men sit in the county jail for alimony defaults as cases ripple from Dr Vernon B Cooley to Walter Brinkman and Jacob Agnoff. The Illinois rulings hold a former wife need not support an estranged husband, while petitions provoke debate on whether wives or adopted children deserve ongoing support. Tillie the Toiler and county farmers’ notices close the page.
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