September 22, 2007
The more we hear from Dina Matos McGreevey, the more we love our dog.
USA Today brings us up to date on the War of the McGreeveys:
Former Gov. James E. McGreevey was ordered Friday to more than double the amount of support he pays to his estranged wife.
The nation’s first openly gay governor should pay Dina Matos McGreevey $2,500 a month, Superior Court Judge Karen M. Cassidy ruled. Matos McGreevey had been receiving $1,129 a month, but maintained that was insufficient to meet the needs of herself and the couple’s 5-year-old daughter.
Cassidy rejected Matos McGreevey’s request for $4,000 a month, noting that Matos McGreevey said she needed to spend $2,200 a month on clothing. “It seemed a little high,” the judge said.
A lawyer for the former governor, Matthew D. Piermatti, argued that his client’s income was decreasing now that he’d entered an Episcopal seminary. They had offered to increase support to $1,691 a month.
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Matos McGreevey earns $82,000 at Columbus Hospital in Newark. The former governor has earned an average of about $155,000 a year for the past five years.
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