Woman fights costly divorce ruling with unpaid decree
Melanie Merrifield scraped and borrowed to pay a lawyer as divorce and child settlement costs mounted. After months of litigation and a court decision she believed fair, her ex-husband remains unpaid, leaving her with limited recourse despite securing support for her children.
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Lab animal rights spark funding cuts and legal fights
A Penn Head Injury Lab raid spurred by ALF ties to abuse footage and a $1 million federal grant renewal being halted. The debate spreads to shelters and county law, as PAWS and others push King County toward ending sales of shelter animals to researchers. Merrifield battles a nonenforced divorce decree amid staff shortages in Snohomish County Support Enforcement, highlighting broader welfare costs as the state weighs new reforms.
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