The law changed how temporary alimony is awarded during a divorce, providing a strict formula that replaced some judicial discretion.

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Many of the victims are men in their 20s suffering from temporary depression, such as the shock of being served with divorce papers.

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Yet, when I left my abusive ex-husband -- an Ivy League Wall Street trader who kept three loaded guns in our house -- I had no one to accompany me to family court to get my temporary restraining order made permanent, and no one to help me begin divorce proceedings.

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