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1VV11VII1WW tftVIU & M / changed by ERA.” She went on to say that most people don’t realize how little is actually paid in this category by ex-husbands. A survey * taken in 1975 shows that 14 per cent of divorced women are awarded alimony and 46 per cent of that figure collect regularly. Out of only 44 per cent of divorced mothers who are awarded child support, 47 pet cent receive regular payments, according to Jensen’s figures.
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While clearing up misconceptions on what ERA will not do, the speakers also emphasized areas of sex discimination that will be affected by passage of the amendment. Discrimination does exist, maintained Patricia Jensen and presented several examples.
—In 1974, after the death of her husband, a Nebraska farm wife had to pay $25,000 in inheritance taxes on the family farm, listed in both of their names. Although she had worked side by side with her husband, the woman couldn’t prove she had made a financial contribution to the farm’s operation. She was told by Internal Revenue Service representatives that if she had died, her husband would have owed no money.
—In Louisianna, a community property state, the husband is considered head and master of the marriage and controls all of the couple’s assets, including the wife’s salary and
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