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SJC: Retirement does not necessarily end alimony payments (More garbage from MA)
www.boston.com ^ | November 9, 2009 | Andrew Ryan and Shelley Murphy

Posted on 11/09/2009 3:00:36 PM PST by GOPsterinMA

In Massachusetts, marriage really still does mean until death do you part -- even after divorce.

The Supreme Judicial Court today rejected a push to stop most alimony payments when someone reaches retirement age. The decision, which came in the divorce case of a former federal magistrate and state judge, noted that alimony payments can be lowered or, in some cases, cut off to reflect a person's actual income after retirement.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: court; divorce; liberaljudges; ma
Another reason not to get married in the USA. Bet the farm this will be used as precedent across the land!
1 posted on 11/09/2009 3:00:38 PM PST by GOPsterinMA
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