Four plaintiffs have filed a complaint challenging the constitutionality of Connecticut’s alimony laws on the grounds that they affect a “fundamental liberty interest in ending a marriage and in remarrying.”
The plaintiffs, who filed their complaint anonymously and who were ordered to pay alimony as a result of their respective divorces in Middlesex, Hartford, Fairfield and Middletown counties, argue there are no standards to guide judges when granting alimony. The lawsuit claims alimony is an anachronism dating from when women’s legal identities merged into their husbands’ identities upon marriage.
