Jon Kelly

In my divorce, I lost not just my life’s savings, but also my faith in the courts, and my belief that judges would treat me fairly, reject gender bias, distinguish between truth and perjury, and abide by New Hampshire statutes. You may be tempted to take my concerns less seriously, to write me off because I lost in divorce court. In fact, in our culture, we sometimes label men “bitter” in order to give ourselves permission to ignore injustice. I hope that you won’t. It would be nice if the family courts could be tweaked, but the problems go beyond tweaking. The best reform is to eliminate the family court and start from scratch with a new vision based on fairness and mediation. The new vision might help families rather than divide family members into winners and losers, impoverishing all of them. HB 652 is a good first step.