Alimony Agony By Adrian Walker The Boston Globe 11/13/09
"Massachusetts divorce law gives trial judges broad discretion over both the amount and duration of support. The people - mostly divorce lawyers - who like the system the way it is say judges have the right to protect women who need and deserve it. The system’s many critics, meanwhile, say it creates an overly subjective and unpredictable maze that makes it difficult to ever completely sever ties with former spouses."