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As you probably already have heard, New York State finally joined the other 49 states and has enacted a No Fault Divorce statute allowing couples who want to divorce, but who didn’t previously have a “reason” to now part ways without having to accuse their spouse of wrongdoing. However, this new statute came with some [...]

I wanted to share a success story with you: A few months ago, several couples came to my office seeking to divorce their spouses.  At the time, New York had not yet enacted the No Fault divorce and so the best option was to file a Separation Agreement, wait a year, and then submit legal [...]

Yesterday, Governor Paterson signed the bill into law – so couples no longer have to prove that they have the right to end their marriage.  Instead, effective October 14, 2010 the courts must grant a divorce where either spouse states under oath that for at least 6 months there was an “irretrievable breakdown in the [...]

One of the major differences between a litigated divorce and a mediated divorce is time and money. A mediated divorce can often be resolved in as little as 4-6 weeks for just  a few thousand dollars (or less, if the couple resolves the financial and visitation issues  and prepares the papers themselves) while a litigated [...]

I just read about this exciting news – New York – the last holdout – is finally considering to join the rest of this Country in changing to No-Fault Divorce. This is such good news as it will remove the blame out of getting divorced in New York and just allow couples to focus on [...]