Posted on 10/30/2009 6:06:59 PM PDT by Steelfish
Michelle Marvin, ‘Palimony’ Figure, Dies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michelle Triola Marvin, who fought a landmark "palimony" case against her former lover, actor Lee Marvin, has died. She was 76.
Family spokesman Bob Palmer says Marvin died Friday morning of lung cancer at the Malibu home she shared with actor Dick Van Dyke, her partner of 30 years.
Marvin lived with Lee Marvin for six years and took his name. They broke up in 1970 and nine years later she sued for nearly $2 million, even though she had no alimony rights because the couple never married. Her lawyer dubbed the request "palimony" and the name stuck.
She eventually won $104,000, although the award was overturned.
The case set a precedent in California law that allowed unmarried partners to sue for financial support, and many similar cases followed.
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The thing about the lawyers we can agree on. Legally, he owed her nothing..morally, that’s another story. My point is that she was not the bad guy. I believe he left her for another woman. I also believe he asked her to give up her career..which she did. She may have been naive, but he was definitely the bad guy.
quick google search..and...yep. that’s him. LET’S GIT IM
Really?
Tell that to all of the women I know in their 40's and 50's that now realize the feminist movement lied to them.
Sure, they have their careers - some even making really good money....but they feel empty and are very angry.
Condolences to Dick Van Dyke on his loss.
Marvin Mitchelson, Hollywood divorce lawyer extraordinaire.
Yes, really. I am not talking about the feminists who attached themselves to a movement instead of a man.
I am talking about women like myself. We have options. We are not defined by those around us. We are not defined by what others think we should be. We make our own choices based on what we think, not what others think we should do.
I am a damned good cook, but I hate cooking. I find no joy in it. I am more comfortable with tools (love power tools). I do not sew but I can lay a paved patio, a new floor or finsh a basement.
I raised three sons who do not expect the women in their lives to be an extension of themselves. They respect a woman who does not confine herself to a stereotype.
I did this without slighting them or my husband. It is a matter of realizing potential. It is not sacrifice one for the other. There are priorities and compromises to be sure. Life has tossed us plenty of curve balls.
But yes, we have come a long way.
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