Alimony reform campaign runs into issues of gender equity

Carol Buchdahl, a member of the Vermont Commission on Women, discusses her concerns about alimony reform at a hearing Monday at Vermont Law School. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
SOUTH ROYALTON – In the years-long debate about reforming Vermont’s alimony law, the question of fairness has come up often.
But there are two very different perspectives on what constitutes “fair” when it comes to divorce and financial settlements.
Reform advocates, who dominated a hearing on the