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Steve Hitner
July 3, 2017

Massachusetts Needs to Divorce its Divorce Law

Steve Hitner
July 3, 2017

May 11, 2017 by Louise Sloan in the The Boston Globe: Download Massachusetts Needs to Divorce its Divorce Law.

Louise Sloan advocates for applying the Massachusetts Alimony Reform Law to women and men divorced prior to March 1, 2012.

Newer PostPublic Hearing of H740 at Judiciary Committee

MASSACHUSETTS ALIMONY REFORM HAS BEEN WORKING FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS TO BRING PEACE, INDEPENDENCE, AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY TO THE PARTIES OF DIVORCE. OUR MULTI-YEAR EFFORTS CULMINATED IN THE ALIMONY REFORM ACT BECOMING LAW ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2011.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, IN 3 DECISIONS, MISINTERPRETED THE LAW'S CLEAR INTENT IN 2015.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO RESTORE THE ALIMONY REFORM PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN MASSACHUSETTS, IN 2011..

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE JOB OF THE SJC IS TO “INTERPRET THE LAW” AND NOT MAKE LAW BY “LEGISLATING FROM THE BENCH”, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.

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