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Persuasive Essay On Palimony

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Palimony is a substitute for alimony in cases in which the couple was not married but lived together for a long period and then terminated their relationship.
In USA the expression `palimony' was coined which means grant of maintenance to a woman who has lived for a substantial period of time with a man without marrying him, and is then deserted by him. The first decision on palimony was the well known decision of the California Supreme Court in Marvin vs. Marvin. (18 Cal. 3d 660, 134 Cal)This case related to the famous film actor Lee Marvin, with whom a lady Michelle lived for many years without marrying him, and was then deserted by him and she claimed palimony. Subsequently in many decisions of the Courts in USA, the concept of palimony

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