The Time to Call Representatives is Now for S-1170!

We are so close! Call the representatives on the House Judiciary Committee today, so we can get S-1170 through! Leave a message with his or her administrative assistant, giving your name and the bill you would like the representative to support.

S-1170 must make its way out of the House Judiciary Committee and onto the floor of the House in the next week or so in order to be signed into law by Governor Haley! Bill S-1170 bars consideration of the earnings of a subsequent spouse, when alimony is set or modified. This is an uncontroversial bill. No one honestly thinks it is fair for the income of a second spouse to be considered by the court when setting alimony for an ex-spouse. In other words, a second wife can end up contributing to the alimony of the first, as ordered by the court. This happens in SC!

Below is the list of the members of the judiciary committee with telephone numbers. Please be sure to call your representative (whether he or she is listed or not). [A complete list of representatives can be found here: https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/043de2e4-6588-47b0-bf32-de235716a638].

Please call as many of the members of the list below as you can. Be sure to call the chairman, Greg Delleney, and politely ask for his support. If you are a constituent of any of the representatives below, say this early in the message.

Remember, even if this isn't your specific issue, alimony reform is a step-by-step process. We won't stop until alimony reform is comprehensive, but this will be accomplished piece-by-piece. We need your help to get this done. Thank you for your support!

Members of the House Judiciary Committee

F. Gregory "Greg" Delleney, Jr., Chairman 734-3120

James E. Smith, Jr., 1st V.C. 734-2997

Christopher J. "Chris" Murphy, 2nd V.C. 212-6925

Bruce W. Bannister 734-3138

Beth E. Bernstein 212-6940

Norman D. "Doug" Brannon 212-6876

Kirkman Finlay, III 212-6943

Laurie Slade Funderburk 734-3044

Stephen L. Goldfinch, Jr. 212-6927

Jenny Anderson Horne 212-6871

Ralph Shealy Kennedy, Jr. 212-6938

Peter M. McCoy, Jr. 212-6872

Joseph A. "Joe" McEachern 212-6875

Walton J. McLeod 734-3276

Dennis C. Moss 734-3073

Wendy K. Nanney 212-6877

Wm. Weston J. Newton 212-6810

Mandy Powers Norrell 212-6937

Rick Quinn 212-6897 

J. Todd Rutherford 734-9441

Edward R. "Eddie" Tallon, Sr. 212-6893

Anne J. Thayer 212-6889

J. David Weeks 734-3102

J. Seth Whipper 734-3191

Donna C. Hicks 212-6878

Bill 1170 is in the House Judiciary Committee! Ask for Their Support!

Bill 1170 has crossed over from the Senate to the House. This means there are only two more steps to go. 1) The bill has to receive support (a yes vote) from the judiciary committee, and then 2) it goes to the floor of the House for a vote.

We need to help hurry the process along by contacting the Chair of the Judiciary Committee, Greg Delleney, and the members of the committee. This can be done in one email by clicking on the link below, filling in your information, and sending a short message.

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/email.php?T=C&C=H2000000200

I addressed my email "Dear Chairman Delleney and Members of the House Judiciary Committee:". Ask them to support the bill, explaining briefly that a second spouse should never have to pay or contribute to the alimony of the first, but that this happens in South Carolina, per court order. It happened to one of our members just a few months ago, even though the court ruled that her husband was not underemployed. In other words, the court did not think the husband was intentionally earning less money to reduce his alimony, but the judge ordered the second wife's income to be included anyway.

No one thinks this is right. This is an uncontroversial bill. Please send the judiciary committee an email asking for their support on Bill 1170. Let's get this passed this year!

Thank you for all of your support!

Support Bill 1170 as it moves to the House!

We are almost there! Take a few moments today to support Bill 1170 by letting your SC Representative know that you would appreciate his or her support on 1170. The vote in the House is the last step before 1170 becomes law. Your call and email can make all the difference! Tell your representative it is simply wrong for the income of a new spouse to be included when setting or modifying alimony for the ex-spouse. Bill 1170 fixes this.

To find your representative, go to http://www.scstatehouse.gov/legislatorssearch.php and enter your address and zip code. Click "Find legislators." Your legislators will pop up.

Call your Representative's Columbia business phone, and send an email by clicking "Send Message to Representative So-and-So."

Last week, 1170 made it through the Senate. Now it moves to the House. Your efforts can make all the difference. You can help 1170 become law!

As always, thank you so much for your support! Letting the legislators hear female voices is key to our success, because alimony reform is fighting for women, men, and families.