Paying Alimony Forever?
At the Norfolk County Jail, he was inmate 35634. Foxboro business owner Jim Foley spent two weeks behind bars. His crime was failure to pay his ex-wife $8500 in spousal support. The alimony payment is $1500 dollars a week. I'm currently making $1350 dollars a week, Foley says. After 31 years of marriage, Foley and his first wife divorced in 2002. At the time, he signed a legal agreement, promising to keep the checks coming until he turns 65 years old. Foley says he never missed a payment until last year when his heavy equipment business tanked with the economy. He claims he lost everything, including his home. Even after filing bankruptcy, Foley hasnt been able to convince a judge to reduce the payments and has been accused of hiding assets. His current wife says the financial burden is destroying their life. Why do you do that to a man who simply can't afford a very high alimony payment? That's just morally wrong and it should be legally wrong, Foleys current wife Jayn says. There is no place in the country with divorce laws like Massachusetts, and critics describe them as unfair and outdated. Separate from child support, most states order alimony as a temporary financial bridge to get a dependant spouse on their feet after a divorce, but in Massachusetts, alimony can last a lifetime. A no-fault divorce state, it makes no difference who terminated the marriage, and the gender-neutral payments are sometimes calculated on someones capacity to earn, not what they actually <b>...</b>
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