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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

Divorce’s Gender Gap

Women initiate two-thirds of divorces and far more of the separations, according to a nationally representative study by the American Association of Retired People. This study is based on surveys of more than 1,000 divorced men and women, aged 40 to 79. The most common reason the women gave for divorce was verbal, emotional and […]

Ugly Divorce Battle Between Christie Brinkley, Ex

Christie Brinkley appeared in a Riverhead, Long Island courtroom late Friday afternoon accusing her ex-husband Peter Cook of contempt. He contends she is the one who violated terms of their divorce. Brinkley walked into court flashing her super model smile in an ugly battle. She is accusing Cook of violating their divorce, but he called her […]

Kris Humphries to Testify at Divorce Trial

The basketball player is gearing up for battle against his estranged wife Kim Kardashian as they seek to dissolve their union and he will answer questions under oath in the morning. A source told Hollywoodlife.com: “Kris is being deposed first and it’s happening on June 23. He’s going to answer all questions about their relationship […]

Katy Perry: ‘I Did Everything I Could, But It Still Failed’

While her new film, Katy Perry: Part Of Me, is supposed to be a concert documentary, the filming happened to catch a particularly sad period of Katy Perry’s life: the last days of her failing 14-month marriage to Russell Brand. According to Us Weekly, prior to the split, Katy had told her management team that the longest she would go without seeing […]

Should You Divorce a Sex Addict?

The discovery of a partner’s sexual compulsivity is a wake-up call. If both partners are committed to recovery, the marriage could actually be transformed into a real union marked by genuine intimacy and integrity. But finding out if this is possible takes time. Unless physical abuse is present, or children’s safety is threatened, sex addiction […]

Baby Boomer Divorce Rate Doubles

It wasn’t easy for 59-year-old Margie White to ask her husband, Dick, for a divorce after 37 years of marriage. “It really was the most courageous thing that I had to do,” she said. The couple met in college and married young. They settled down in a rambling, split-level house in the leafy suburbs of […]

Penelope Ann Miller and husband James Huggins call off divorce

While “The Artist” star Penelope Ann Miller celebrated awards season last year with the cast and crew of the Oscar-winning film, she was struggling with some sad news at home, ultimately filing for legal separation from her husband James Huggins. After 12 years together, Miller and Huggins cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split — […]

The Truth About Divorce

Whether it’s one or both people who want the marriage to end, those choosing to leave tend to be excited at first over what or who awaits. There may also be a sense of relief at the end of the stress, the subterfuge, the fighting. Over and over again, I’ve seen people choosing divorce romanticize […]

Divorce and the Children

Economists sometimes have to remind themselves that they are also human beings. As an economist, the harrowing issues raised in last week’s report into the deaths of children in state care reminded me of copious policy research on the topic of child welfare. But this topic is close to my heart personally as well as […]

Katy Perry Opens Up About Divorce

Katy Perry was extremely quiet about her divorce from comedian and actor Russell Brand — until she had a movie to promote. The ‘Wide Awake‘ singer reveals in a new interview why she decided to show the emotional turmoil of her breakup in her new film, ‘Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D.’   “In my personal struggle, you […]