Murphey v. Murphey

BISTLINE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an award of alimony and attorney’s fees in a divorce proceeding. The plaintiff-appellant Robert Murphey challenges on appeal, as he did below, the constitutionality of the statute under which alimony was awarded, former I.C. § 32-706, since repealed, to wives only. He also challenges the award of attorney’s fees to his wife under the provisions of former I.C. § 32-704, since repealed, which provided for awards of attorney’s fees in divorce proceedings to wives only.

I

The appellant’s contention that the classification established by former § 32-706…