Word: nonsupporters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...salvaging marriage whenever possible. Most couples hammer out a collusive pretrial agreement in which one consents to accept the fault. The couple may sue on any of 47 assorted grounds, depending on the state. All 50 states recognize adultery as grounds for divorce, 44 accept cruelty, 47 desertion, 29 nonsupport, 40 alcoholism, 43 the commission of a felony and 32 impotence. By far the most common ground is the vague "cruelty," a catchall that conceals more than it reveals. The harried judge, in fact, rarely hears the true story, usually signs the divorce agreement after only perfunctory questioning. The defendant...
What's New Pussycat? is a comedy built on so many shaky assumptions that it ought to sue for nonsupport. It seems logical to anticipate fun aplenty when a cordon of first-rate talents gather to make the fur fly, but on this mournful occasion all hands appear joined in a conspiracy to leave Pussycat out in the rain...
...sterilization a legal alternative to jail? Can a court require such an operation for a man convicted of nonsupport of his children? And if the man is coerced into submitting to the operation against his will, what if he later wants more children...
Aiding Taxpayers. Shortly before divorcing him last fall, Andrade's first wife charged him with nonsupport. He pleaded guilty, and the county recommended probation. But Pasadena Municipal Court Judge Joseph A. Sprankle took a firmer view: "I am concerned about all the children this man is producing without the ability to support them." He gave Andrade a choice: marriage to Elma Martello and sterilization by vasectomy-or jail...
...wants more children by his new wife, and he seeks to have the vasectomy undone-a feat successful in only about 50% of such cases. No one is more surprised than Judge Sprankle, who says he has "counseled" vasectomy in several hundred nonsupport cases...