Five Questions on this year’s alimony bill with Bob Doyel
For years, retired Circuit Judge Bob Doyel has taken a side in the yearslong fight to change the state’s alimony law. He’s stood up for alimony recipients because, in his words, he’s “tired of little old ladies getting screwed because they don't have the power.” (To be sure, many other divorced women are younger or middle aged.)
Doyel spent almost 16 years on the bench, mostly in Polk County family court in the state’s 10th Judicial Circuit. Since then, he’s written op-eds and testified in committees – possibly to stave off the inevitable. The last three alimony overhauls passed by the Legislature were vetoed, including the most recent bill last year. That trend may end soon.
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