Wednesday, May 18, 2016

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

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