HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3643        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3701

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sheila C. Harrington

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the collateral consequences of alimony.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

1/18/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/29/2019

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/29/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/29/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/29/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3643        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3701

By Mrs. Harrington of Groton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3701) of Sheila C. Harrington and others relative to the federal tax collateral consequences of alimony.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to the collateral consequences of alimony.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 53 of chapter 208 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “incomes”, in line 14, the following words:- , if federally tax deductible, or, if not federally tax deductible, the recipient’s need or 23 per cent to 28 per cent of the difference between the parties’ gross incomes, as