Colorado has new alimony laws on the books that will take effect in January 2014.
It has a new formula to calculate spousal maintenance that some are considering groundbreaking.
Other states are looking to follow suit to change their alimony laws: New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey all have legislation pending, and it could spell the end of lifetime alimony.
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- Mary Kay Kisthardt, professor of law at the University of Missouri and executive editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
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