Although our law office has seen a steady flow of divorces since its inception, the new no-fault divorce law has certainly led to a onslaught of people filing for divorce. Since October 12, 2010, when the New York Supreme Court started accepting divorces on a no-fault basis, our law firm has been inundated with calls […]
Before October 12, 2010, if you wanted to get divorced in New York State you had to plead and prove fault grounds. What this meant was that you had to accuse your spouse of adultery, abandonment, sexual abandonment, or cruel and inhuman treatment and prove it to the court, before you could get divorced. Under […]
You may be wondering whether there are certain residency requirements that must be met in order to get a NY divorce. The answer is yes. In order to get a NY divorce, you have to meet the residency requirements first. The residency requirements are simply different rules governing whether the NY courts have the jurisdiction, […]
Although the new New York no-fault divorce law has been a great advance in NY divorce law, some divorce lawyers are concerned about some of the secondary provisions that are part of the new law. For example, the New York Times just published a piece entitled partially entitled Concerns on No-Fault Divorce, where the author […]
The New York Times recently published the article below, written by Julia Werdigier, regarding how British law is starting to take America’s lead by giving prenups more weight in divorce cases. NY divorce law gives well drafted prenups that are fair, where both parties were represented by attorneys and full financial disclosure was made by […]
NY divorce law recently changed for the better on October 12, 2010 when the courts began accepting divorce cases under no-fault grounds. NY was the last state in the nation to finally give in to the modern trend of no fault divorce and abandon its archaic stance that forced people to accuse their spouses of […]
The new NY no-fault divorce law became effective on October 12, 2010. Our office has been receiving an onslaught of calls from clients who are ecstatic about the fact that they can finally get divorced without having to meet any the strict requirements of fault grounds. This new no-fault law has finally put the power […]
There was a lot of confusion when the no-fault law would take effect. I heard October 15, October 14 and what the court told me was October 12, 2010. Of course I went with what the court said. As of last week we have been receiving a huge number of calls from people who are […]
On August 23, 2010, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren appeared at the Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Florida to sign their divorce settlement agreement. The media has been quoting that the Woods divorce settlement was for between $100 and $500 million. This is a vast spread and I am sure the exact numbers […]
The new NY no-fault divorce law becomes effective 6o days after Governor Paterson signed it into law, or October 14, 2010. Although the no-fault divorce law does not technically take effect until the middle of next month, we are currently signing up new no-fault divorce clients. We are able to get the ball rolling on […]
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