BOSTON (CBS) - Local divorce lawyers say the proposed Alimony Reform Act of 2011, which would dramatically alter how alimony payments are determined in Massachusetts, would make divorces cheaper and ...

Over the past few years, an alimony reform movement, of sorts, has taken shape across the nation, and now many consider “lifetime alimony” a thing of the past -- a relic from the days when very few ...

BOSTON (AP) -- 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 ...

During a lightly attended session, the House gave initial approval to a sweeping reform bill and Rep. Paul Donato, of Medford, a member of Speaker Robert A. DeLeo’s leadership team who presided over ...

Editor’s Note: Steve Hitner is president and founder of Mass Alimony Reform and the president of Metrowest Printing Co. He is a divorce consultant and mediator. He says many states are considering new ...

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-987790.mp3 Boston, MA – Governor Deval Patrick has signed into law what attorneys and advocates ...

Whenever a couple ends up litigating a divorce in court, among the hardest things to predict is whether the family court judge will award alimony to the lower-earning spouse. Judges in most states ...