In Massachusetts, the Senate has made an important change to divorce law by passing an alimony reform bill. This new legislation reforms a trial judge’s ability to determine the length of alimony, consequently ending lifetime spousal support by enforcing duration determining guidelines.

Before the bill was passed, alimony would continue passed the age of retirement which left one person sipping pina coladas on a beach in Cabo, collecting alimony, and the other individual working to support the person’s lifestyle. The bill now states alimony in long term marriages (those that exceed twenty years) ends at the retirement age decreed by the Social Security Act. With shorter term marriages, a specific time period would be implemented for the alimony payment, every case being different.

What does this mean? It means that Massachusetts may be the first domino to topple, and in due time, the rest of the states may follow.  This is a bill that will make positive changes; a bill that will allow people to leave their broken marriages behind and make peace with their lives-something that the constant reminder of alimony payments doesn’t provide.

Our law office continues to strive to make the legal system accessible to you, regardless of your current financial situation.  With the economy putting the hard press on all of us, I try to be as flexible as possible.  Not everyone needs to get divorced has the same financial flexibility as Tiger Woods or John Edwards whose names have recently been scattered across divorce news.

Our uncontested divorce rate starts at just $499 and is one of the most reasonable divorce fees in all New York State.  Our usual payment plan option for our already affordable uncontested divorce package is that we accept 50% up front and require the remainder before we officially file your divorce documents with the court.

If you feel that your situation is deserving of a more flexible payment plan, by all means let us know.  We are willing to work with you within limits.  Again, we will just hold off on officially filing your divorce documents until we are paid in full.

These arrangements allow us to put food on our families’ tables while giving you the leeway to so the same.  Everyone is happier this way.

If you are not sure if you can afford a New York uncontested divorce, contact our law office at (866) 830-2064 to set up your free divorce consultation today…