ARIZ. GOVERNOR VETOES BILL ON DIVORCE PROPERTY SPLITS: From the Associated Press

Governor Janet Napolitano today vetoed a bill to let judges consider marital misconduct when deciding how to resolve financial issues involving divorcing couples.
The bill would have affected divisions of community property, calculations of spousal maintenance and determinations of child abuse.

Napolitano says in her veto letter that the bill would have clogged family courts with new issues to be considered in divorce cases.

She also says that current law already protects innocent spouses against criminal conduct by their spouses.

Bill supporters claim the measure would have given judges more leeway to make decisions that affect innocent spouses.

But legislative critics say the bill created the potential for confusion and conflicting rulings because the term "marital misconduct" was not defined in the bill.

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