Lifetime Alimony Massachusets: Law Proposed To Cut Support Short

boston.cbslocal.com:

Steve Niro got married three decades ago but divorced less than five years later. He's been paying alimony ever since -- and there's no end in sight.

After Niro's youngest child graduated from college a few years ago, his child support ended and his remaining alimony payment was $65 a week. But his wife took him to court for a modification, and a judge agreed to increase the alimony to $700 a week, or $36,000 a year.

Niro's story is one of many expected to be heard by Massachusetts lawmakers this week as the legislature considers a bill to reform what critics call an antiquated law that allow judges to grant so-called "lifetime alimony."

Read the whole story: boston.cbslocal.com

'; var coords = [-5, -72]; // display fb-bubble FloatingPrompt.embed(this, html, undefined, 'top', {fp_intersects:1, timeout_remove:2000,ignore_arrow: true, width:236, add_xy:coords, class_name: 'clear-overlay'}); });

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/16/lifetime-alimony-mass_n_862605.html

Ana Beatriz Barros Pink Laura Prepon LeAnn Rimes Jennifer Gareis