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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

What Tom Cruise & Katie Homes’ divorce taught us

If it is anything Americans love it is watching a good dramatic celebrity break up. Although, if you are aDirectTV customer, it’s lights out for you if you want to watch all the drama of the Tom Cruise andKatie Homes divorce saga. It is really sad that more Americans tune into or log on to TMZ than reading the daily newspaper. It […]

Cruise’s lawyer speaks out about divorce

Bert Fields tells the BBC that the actor will file his own divorce papers in response to those filed by his soon-to-be ex Katie Holmes last week. Much more he wouldn’t say. He was kind of tight-lipped, and Cruise himself has not been heard from publicly. But Fields did have a few sanctimonious words “We […]

7 Other Celebs Who Were Reportedly Blindsided By Splits

We should  feel bad for Tom Cruise, he had no idea this was coming. But..he wasn’t the only one. The Huffington Post have complied a list of the 7 top celebs who were blindsided by divorce. And the superstar had reportedly madeplans to celebrate his 50th birthday hiking and camping with Holmes in Iceland — plans […]

Here’s What It Takes To Get Divorced In The Church Of Scientology

Divorce just isn’t often an option in the Church of Scientology — unless of course church leaders order you to do so.   Scientology leaders often pressure divorcing members into at least trying to work it out before filing court papers, leading to a long and difficult battle, according to a new look into the religion from The New York […]

Laura Dern: “I’VE HAD IT” Divorce Back On

Laura Dern has thrown in the towel in her marriage to Ben Harper – she has filed legal papers reactivating the dormant divorce … TMZ has learned. Dern filed her formal legal response to Harper’s divorce petition Friday in LA County Superior Court. In the docs, filed by Disso Queen Laura Wasser, Dern is asking for primary physical custody […]

Tom Cruise: There’s NO Settlement Without Suri

Tom Cruise has made one thing VERY clear — Suri is the deal-maker and the deal-breaker in his divorce with Katie Holmes … this according to sources very familiar with the situation. As we first reported, lawyers for both sides are trying to pound out a settlement. We’re told Tom has insisted that the settlement provide “meaningful, significant contact […]

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes keeping their cool during

After checking with a number of solid sources close to both Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, I’ve learned the couple went through very intense — but very civil — divorce negotiations over the weekend. While specific custody issues over daughter Suri remain a sticking point, it appears that Holmes will walk away with many more […]

Katie Holmes on Divorce: “I’m All Right”

Even though she’s divorcing Tom Cruise, life goes on for Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri. On Wednesday morning, Holmes, 33, took 6-year-old Suri to Whole Foods in New York City, where she spoke briefly to a NY Daily News reporter. “I’m all right. Thank you,” Holmes told the newspaper as she pushed Suri in a shopping cart. While at the store, Katie stocked […]

Courts Offer Parenting Classes for Parents Involved in a Divorce

nstructor Linda Arrossa wrote the schedule for the night on a whiteboard as participants arrived and filled out forms. She has been teaching classes for nearly 20 years. Parents are ordered by judges to attend a series of three parenting classes — for a total of nine hours — if they’re involved with certain civil […]