stanton
stanton
argued
february
decided
april
appellant
wife
appellee
husband
divorced
utah
decree
incorporating
parties
stipulation
ordered
appellee
make
monthly
payments
appellant
support
parties
children
daughter
age
seven
son
age
five
subsequently
daughter
became
appellee
discontinued
payments
support
divorce
pursuant
utah
statute
provides
period
minority
males
extends
age
females
age
denied
appellant
motion
support
daughter
period
attained
appeal
utah
affirmed
rejecting
appellant
contention
inter
alia
statute
violated
equal
protection
clause
fourteenth
amendment
held
support
issue
rendered
moot
fact
appellant
daughter
since
appellee
obligated
divorce
decree
support
daughter
ages
amount
past
due
owing
appellant
lack
standing
age
group
affected
statute
another
statute
obligates
support
daughter
age
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context
child
support
classification
effectuated
challenged
statute
denies
equal
protection
laws
guaranteed
fourteenth
amendment
reed
reed
notwithstanding
old
notions
cited
state
man
primary
responsibility
provide
home
salutary
education
training
assumes
responsibility
females
tend
mature
marry
earlier
males
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rational
statutory
distinction
males
females
related
divorce
decree
results
appellee
liability
support
daughter
age
son
age
thus
imposing
criteria
wholly
unrelated
objective
statute
pp
blackmun
delivered
opinion
burger
douglas
brennan
stewart
white
marshall
powell
joined
rehnquist
filed
dissenting
opinion
post
bryce
roe
argued
cause
appellant
brief
william
fowler
dennis
frederick
argued
cause
appellee
brief
gary
christian
justice
blackmun
delivered
opinion
case
presents
issue
whether
state
statute
specifying
males
greater
age
majority
specifies
females
denies
context
parent
obligation
support
payments
children
equal
protection
laws
guaranteed
fourteenth
amendment
appellant
thelma
stanton
appellee
james
lawrence
stanton
married
elko
february
suit
appellant
divorced
utah
november
daughter
sherri
lyn
born
february
son
rick
arlund
born
january
sherri
became
february
rick
january
divorce
proceedings
district
salt
lake
county
parties
entered
stipulation
property
child
support
alimony
awarded
custody
children
mother
incorporated
provisions
stipulation
findings
conclusions
decree
divorce
specifically
alimony
child
support
decree
provided
defendant
ordered
pay
plaintiff
sum
per
month
child
support
alimony
per
month
child
child
support
per
month
alimony
paid
day
month
office
salt
lake
county
clerk
app
sherri
attained
appellee
discontinued
payments
support
may
appellant
moved
divorce
entry
judgment
favor
appellee
among
things
support
children
periods
respectively
attained
age
years
concluded
february
sherri
became
years
age
provisions
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code
annotated
thereby
attained
majority
defendant
obligated
plaintiff
maintenance
support
sherri
lyn
stanton
since
date
app
order
denying
appellant
motion
entered
accordingly
appellant
appealed
utah
contended
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things
utah
code
ann
effect
period
minority
males
extends
age
females
age
invidiously
discriminatory
serves
deny
due
process
equal
protection
laws
violation
fourteenth
amendment
corresponding
provisions
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constitution
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jurisdiction
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appellee
initially
suggests
support
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moot
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appellant
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sherri
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brief
appellee
time
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statement
appellee
suggested
case
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political
question
appellee
motion
dismiss
approach
course
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support
daughter
years
appellee
divorce
decree
obligated
sherri
support
period
obligation
fulfilled
amount
past
due
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appellee
obligation
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plainly
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case
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appellant
age
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appellant
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stipulation
support
payments
took
utah
law
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payments
daughter
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age
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appellant
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appellee
divorce
decree
sherri
support
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fiduciary
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liability
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merits
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statutory
prescription
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ages
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males
females
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equal
protection
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based
solely
sex
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child
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right
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state
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