Massachusetts Alimony Reform to Tell Shocking Stories of People Who Have Lost Almost Everything Because of Archaic Alimony Laws

Marketwire

A growing list of Massachusetts residents, some from the group Massachusetts Alimony Reform, will get their chance to testify to the Joint Committee of the Judiciary on September 17, 2009, at the Massachusetts State House, to convince the legislature to change the outdated alimony laws that are on the books in Massachusetts. The hearing will be held in room B1 starting at 1:00pm. House Bill 1785 would change outdated lifetime alimony laws in Massachusetts.

Residents including women and men as well as "second spouses" will talk about their personal stories of jail time, unreasonable demands from judges, bankruptcy, liquidation of retirement accounts and maxing out of credit lines all to comply with alimony obligations that many times are not affordable and unreasonable due to material and substantial changes in their circumstances. Many of these residents who will testify will never have the chance to retire or accumulate any savings under the current Massachusetts laws and will continue to be driven deeper in debt.

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