Massachusetts Residents to Testify at Statehouse in Effort to Reshape Outdated Alimony Laws

Marketwire

Massachusetts residents from around the commonwealth will have a chance to share their alimony horror stories to the Joint Committee of the Judiciary, starting at 1:00pm on September 17, 2009, at the Massachusetts State House, room B1. Much of the testimony will come from members of the group Massachusetts Alimony Reform.

Many of the people testifying have been forced into bankruptcy and spent time in jail because of these outdated laws that do not take into consideration a person's finances due to economic conditions, poor health, downturns in business and other variables that can limit a person's ability to earn adequate income to pay an alimony obligation. Judges, according to many testifying, are consistently inflexible and intolerant of these everyday life changes that affect a person's income.

Source: http://ca.sys-con.com/node/1102949