LI divorce filings up under new no-fault law

Divorce filings are up on Long Island since the state’s no-fault divorce law took effect 17 months ago, but breaking up isn’t always as simple as had been touted.

In Nassau County, the number of new cases grew 6 percent last year compared with 2009, the last full year under the old law. In Suffolk, filings rose 9 percent.

That increase mirrors what happened in the 49 other states that…