The recent scene outside Gov. Rick Scott’s office may have been even more acrimonious than the alimony bill awaiting his action.

Men, women and a handful of children crammed into a waiting room, some bearing posters and balloons, attempting to bully each other into changing their positions on one of the legislative session’s most controversial measures, a proposal that would overhaul the state’s alimony laws and change the way judges decide child time-sharing arrangements.