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MA H740

Reforming alimony in the Commonwealth

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Introduced
01/23/2017
In Committee
01/23/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to alimony. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to reform alimony in the Commonwealth. It makes several key changes: 1. It allows deviation from the standard alimony order in certain cases. 2. It prohibits the modification of an alimony judgment without the consent of both parties if they have previously agreed in writing that the judgment is not modifiable. 3. It establishes that existing alimony judgments will be treated as "general term alimony" under the law, with some exceptions. This includes allowing modification of existing judgments that exceed durational limits, or if the recipient is determined to be cohabitating or the payor has reached full retirement age. 4. The bill provides guidelines for determining whether a recipient is cohabitating and how that impacts the alimony obligation. Overall, the bill seeks to introduce more flexibility and clarity around the modification of alimony judgments, both new and existing, based on changes in the circumstances of the parties.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (40)

James Cantwell (D)*,  Jay Barrows (R),  Nick Boldyga (R),  Thomas Calter (D),  Mike Connolly (D),  Sal DiDomenico (D),  Shawn Dooley (R),  James Dwyer (D),  Carolyn Dykema (D),  Ryan Fattman (R),  Carole Fiola (D),  Jennifer Flanagan (D),  Sean Garballey (D),  Anne Gobi (D),  Danielle Gregoire (D),  Stephen Hay (D),  Natalie Higgins (D),  Kate Hogan (D),  Brad Jones (R),  Jay Kaufman (D),  James Kelcourse (R),  Kevin Kuros (R),  David Linsky (D),  Joan Lovely (D),  Paul Mark (D),  Thomas McGee (D),  Joe McGonagle (D),  Aaron Michlewitz (D),  Mike Moore (D),  Dave Muradian (R),  Brian Murray (D),  Shaunna O'Connell (R),  Patrick O'Connor (R),  Kathleen O'Connor Ives (D),  Elizabeth Poirier (R),  John Rogers (D),  Jeff Roy (D),  Tom Stanley (D),  James Timilty (D),  Dave Vieira (R), 

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4874 (on 08/09/2018)
(9 Companion Bills)

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Document Type Source Location
State Bill Page https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H740
Bill https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H740.pdf
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