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Committee votes ITL on bill that would largely eliminate alimony in no-fault divorces
Summary
Representative Barton said HB 325 would bar term and reimbursement alimony in divorces granted on grounds of irreconcilable differences (no-fault).
Representative Barton, the bill's prime sponsor, said HB 325 would bar courts from awarding term or reimbursement alimony in no-fault divorces and limit courts to awarding alimony only when fault is proven. During the hearing he framed alimony in no-fault cases as a marital obligation that should not survive dissolution; he invoked the 13th Amendment in rhetorical terms while saying the bill would preserve judicial discretion in fault cases.
Mary Krueger, an attorney with New Hampshire Legal Assistance, urged the…
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