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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

Barber’s divorce won’t be final by May

NEW YORK Former New York Giants star Tiki Barber and his fiancee Traci Lynn Johnson have postponed their May wedding in the Hamptons because Barber’s divorce from estranged wife Ginny Cha won’t be finalized in time. Sources said Barber and Johnson were due to marry May 12 at the Sag Harbor home of EMM Group co-founder Eugene Remm, whose […]

How to have an amicable divorce

Divorce is usually hell but it is possible to negotiate the treacherous waters of marital breakdown relatively well. Love doesn’t always turn to loathing but when it does, here is where you can find yourself: seething in a courtroom, paying a high-priced lawyer to do what you’re perfectly capable of doing yourself. Barking bile at […]

The gray divorce

Two years ago, Becky was a married woman on the verge of retirement. A year later, she did what previous generations of women her age would not have considered an option. At age 63, she divorced her husband. Today, more than one in four people who divorce are 50 or older, according to a study […]

Divorce bill won’t solve the problem

Admittedly, I’m a little confused this morning. That comes as little surprise to people who know me, but there’s actually a reason for my confusion today. It all started when I began reading the “Marriage Covenant Act,” a bill proposed in the state Legislature that has taken a couple of steps toward becoming a law. […]

Marc Anthony Wanted to Reconcile

Marc Anthony held out hope for a reconciliation with Jennifer Lopez, but decided tofile for divorce when she told him … she’s madly in love with BF Casper Smart … TMZ has learned. TMZ broke the story … Marc filed for divorce Monday — nine months after the couple announced they were splitting. But sources extremely close to Marc tell us, he didn’t make the […]

User-friendly divorce forms stir legal debate

The Texas Supreme Court is studying whether to create and authorize user-friendly divorce forms for litigants who represent themselves — a step some believe would help low-income Texans gain access to justice, but others say could lead to legal quagmires. On Friday, the court’s efforts took center stage as the issue came up for discussion […]

Weinsteins’ slap-happy ending on divorce

Movie mogul Bob Weinstein and his wife have officially agreed to a temporary truce in their bitter divorce. Weinstein and his wife, Annie, issued a joint statement through their lawyers yesterday saying that they’ve reached “a temporary arrangement,” cooling their sudden and nasty divorce fight. Annie filed for divorce last week in an explosive filing […]

Texas Supreme Court board mulls divorce forms

USTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas Supreme Courtadvisory board on Friday debated forms intended to make it easier and less expensive for poor Texans to get divorced — hearing from proponents who say the forms would make the legal system more accessible, and attorneys’ groups who argue family law is too complicated to manage without a lawyer. Last […]