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About David Centeno

David Centeno is a New York divorce lawyer with offices throughout New York State. Handling both uncontested and contested divorces for hundreds of clients through the years has given him the hard-earned experience needed to blog on topics relevant to New York divorce. He offers free consultations. Call (866) 830-2064.

Entries by David Centeno

New York Divorce Attorney, Flat Fee Versus By the Hour: Sanity Versus Insanity

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Today’s attorney’s fees have become astronomical. I recently read an article by a New York divorce lawyer who charges $700 per hour. Given that the average contested divorce can take hundreds of hours, if you are in the market for a divorce and can do math your stomach probably just dropped.

$700 an hour is on the high side. The average New York contested divorce attorney fee is approximately $250 an hour. Again, hundreds of hours… I wouldn’t want to be paying those fees.

Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren Call Off Divorce After She Visits Him at Patrick Carnes’ Gentle Path Sex Addiction Treatment Center…

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According to news sources, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren have called off their divorce after Elin visited him at what has been called “sex rehab.”  Many eyebrows have been raised… Our law firm actually has researched sex addiction after many people had come to us with this problem.  After much research, I can confirm that […]

John Edwards Admission of Fathering an Illegitimate Child Leads to Separation…

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The press just released the story that John and Elizabeth Edwards have legally separated, after their marriage had been under the media microscope during the last two Presidential campaigns.

Mr. Edwards admitted last week, after a long cover up, that he fathered a child in 2007 with another woman, Rielle Hunter, outside his marriage. The child will be turning 2 years old next month. He had previously fervently denied the accusation, especially when accusations arose during his Presidential campaigns.

Fear that Your Spouse Won’t Agree to an Uncontested Divorce? Read This…

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Often I get calls from husbands or wives, talking in hushed tones, asking for advice regarding how they can convince their spouse to get an uncontested divorce versus a contested one. I don’t blame them. In today’s economy, I too would want to at least try my best to get an uncontested divorce that is more affordable, far faster and less painful that its contested alternative.

Learn How to Save Money on Your Divorce, Even in New York, the Most Expensive Divorce State in the Nation – The “Affordable Divorce”

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New York is not only one of the most expensive places to live, its also one of the most expensive places on earth to get divorced. New York divorce is exceedingly expensive for various reasons:

* New York still requires fault grounds for divorce (as the New York Times recently editorialized and I commented on),
* New York’s custody laws seem to encourage litigation, and
* professional licenses and educational degrees are classified as marital assets,

all which promotes litigation. New York state doesn’t make it easy to get divorced.

Yet, don’t fear. Our law office offers an affordable alternative to the average litigious New York divorce. Our law office has coined the phrase “Affordable Divorce” to describe the inexpensive, out of court, often amicable divorce settlements that our law office reaches for our clients.

Fast New York Divorce… I Need to Get Divorced NOW So I Can Get Remarried… Be Careful You Might End Up in Jail…

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I get several calls a day from potential clients who need to get divorced now, ahora, within a few days, this week or this month.

I tell them all the same thing: There are a lot of fast divorce scams on the internet promising get divorced quick schemes that are not legal and can get you into serious legal trouble (like going to jail)…

New York’s “No Fault” Divorce Law…

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As I have recently been commenting on my blog, New York state’s divorce law has recently come under attack by a New York Times editorial for not permitting no fault divorces.

It is important to note that New York has its own version of “no fault” divorce. Surprisingly, the New York Times editorial left this important information out. Obviously the story was written by a reporter and not a lawyer. I still do agree with the Times’ assessment that New York divorce law is antiquated and needs prompt revision.