Like yourself, we are victims of the alimony laws like many
others in this country. In Florida, as in many other states, our ex-spouses have been granted "lifetime permanent alimony" which in
later years places an undue burden on us. In many cases, we are
existing at a level below the poverty level, which for one person
for 2007 is $10,210/year according to the
U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
Our mission is to make you aware of the injustices that
are being perpetrated on spouses who have had the unfortunate
experience of having had a marriage gone bad. To expose how our
courts operate in secrecy in which they conspire to deprive us of
our family, children, homes, assets, and future by violating our
Constitutional rights as U.S. citizens. To show how a common
criminal is treated with more respect and granted more benefits
than a law abiding, family loving citizen who is having their life
torn apart by the courts. To show how "Debtor's Prison" still
exists for you. To show how there is an "Inequity" in
the judicial system to operate "for profit" rather than "for
justice."
See our blog for
further details on this.
The fabric of our society is being rendered to the point of
destruction of family values to where a stable marriage no longer
counts and declining moral values are encouraged by the oppressive
alimony laws in most states. By granting "lifetime permanent
alimony" they are providing a profit motive for spouses to leave
their spouse, eliminate their family responsibilities,
reduce the incentive to remarry, allow them to live with a
"significant other" outside the bounds of marriage and saddle
their ex-spouse with a lifetime of financial debt. Spouses have is
"No Right
to Alimony."
The courts not only encourage this activity but help perpetuate
it because it is a multi-billion dollar industry that only benefit
attorneys' of which group the judiciary is a standing member.
Legislators, who are by and large attorneys, make the laws that
the courts enforce. The courts are for the most part run by the
judiciary who are all attorneys appointed by the legislators. Read
how they contribute to the "financial
suicide" of spouses.
If the courts were interested in preserving the families, they
would not encourage "no-fault" divorces and the adversarial nature of
family law court proceedings.
But, if it weren't for adversarial-type proceedings, how would the
attorneys run up such large and exorbitant fees. Of course, the
defendant in these type cases has the additional burden of having
to pay the cost of not only their own defense, they have to pay the
attorney's fees of the ex-spouse who is prosecuting them.
When, in the course of a marriage, does the state enter into the
private realm of the marriage relationship and force one spouse to
support the other in a pre-determined format or style? If it is
not acceptable at the beginning or during the marriage, why is
it acceptable at the end? The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in
numerous cases that the government has no constitutional
jurisdiction in the private lives of Americans and their
marriages - outside of
preventing proven harm to a child.
It is inappropriate to equate alimony (spousal support) with
child support. Adults are not children and therefore should be
treated equally under the law. It is not reasonable nor
acceptable under our constitution to force one adult to work
against their will in perpetuity for the benefit of another just
because their marriage failed.
If in the course of dissolution of marriage, a couple equitably
splits their assets acquired during their marriage, what
justification is there to force one to support the other with a
perpetual fabricated debt rather than requiring them both to be
responsible for themselves? The 13th amendment to the US
Constitution states that "neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude shall exist except as punishment for a crime". Forcing
one individual to work under threat of imprisonment via the
existence of a state statute that mandates it, is
"involuntary servitude" by any definition of the phrase.
Is
our government no longer a government of justice and equality
who's very existence is to protect the liberty and individual
rights of its citizenry? The very enforcement of state alimony
laws by the federal government (as proposed in
H.R. 4861
by John E. Sweeney, US Congressman) would be gross discrimination against one class of persons. Statistical
information about current victims of alimony laws easily proves
this.
Do we pass laws now based on fear and feeling rather than
comporting to the constitution that our legislators pledge to uphold and protect?
There is no argument amongst victims of alimony
laws that the application of the laws is a clear and
present danger along with a gross denial of the constitutional right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
There is no distinction between involuntary servitude, peonage, debtors prisons, and alimony laws. Neither does calling it "spousal
support" change the nature of it.
Our other goal is to rally support to tear down the present
unconstitutional alimony law structure and to replace its antiquated structure
with one that is more equitable to the parties, preserves their
"Right to Privacy" as guaranteed by the Constitution, discourages
the profit motive of spouses to pursue a dissolution of marriage,
encourages strong family values and reflects the realities of
today's society.
If you are experiencing problems with the burdens incurred with
paying alimony, be sure to check our
Alimony Bookstore for
recommended publications to help you to modify your alimony
payments or fight contempt of court hearings.
