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Article: REP. WEXLER: CONGRESS MUST ACT TO STOP DEADBEAT SPOUSES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 20, 2007
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Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla. (19th CD), issued the following news release:
Congressman Robert Wexler's (D-FL)'s legislation to strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered marital property distributions is gaining momentum in the US House of Representatives.
Introduced in the 110th Congress as H.R. 871 or "Jane's Law," Rep. Wexler's bill seals a critical loophole in the federal judicial system that has enabled thousands of former spouses to simply cross state lines and avoid the payment of property assets to their estranged spouses. Currently, it is nearly impossible for law enforcement to enforce a court-order from another state, and the deadbeat spouse can easily slip away.
"These ...