
Will new rules help N.J. divorce debate?
Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2012-12-26 20:33
Article here. Excerpt:
'Roughly half of U.S. marriages end in divorce. In New Jersey, the real fighting begins when the divorce decree is issued.
On Dec. 1, a group of women in Monmouth County continued a protest of rulings made by Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon, who they accuse of being biased against female litigants in divorce cases. The protest marked the second time Escandon’s decisions have been publicly contested: a September demonstration brought more than 40 women to the courthouse entrance.
Meanwhile, a Flemington man has spent seven weeks in jail for "non-support" because his court-mandate alimony payments exceed his income. John Waldorf claims he's a victim of what he says is the state's flawed alimony system.'
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