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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

President of Family Division backs no fault divorce

The President of the Family Division, Sir Nicholas Wall, used his keynote speech to the Resolution Conference to support its call for the introduction of no fault divorce. In a speech to 300 delegates in Leeds, Sir Nicholas said: “My position is very simple. I am a strong believer in marriage. But I see no good arguments […]

Christie Brinkley brought to tears while discussing divorce on ‘Today’

Christie Brinkley appeared on the “Today” show Tuesday to discuss her starring turn in the musical “Chicago.” But the model was brought to tears, as the conversation was dominated bytalk of her ugly divorce from architect Peter Cook. Brinkley said she and her ex-husband agreed not to speak publicly about the divorce, which was finalized in 2008, but […]

Allen Iverson wants to dunk divorce petition

The Iverson divorce – a strange, postmodern form of emotional musical chairs – has taken another strange zig. TMZ says Allen Iverson wants to stop – abort, annul, abrogate – divorce proceedings, sputtering on since March 2010, when estranged wife Tawanna first filed papers. In court documents cited by TMZ, the former Sixers megastar requests […]

Divorce Enters Expo Age

This weekend’s event at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea won’t feature wedding-dress designs, sample bouquets or cakes. Instead, attendees can expect panels and seminars with such titles as “Moving on After Infidelity,” “Into the Fog—Becoming a Single Dad and a Single Dude Again” and “Parenting Through Divorce.” The founders of what is believed to be […]

The Perfect Divorce Toolkit

Emma marched into her office, sat herself down and said to anyone willing to listen, “Divorce is so ironic: I feel awful, anxious, and angry, but everyone tells me I have to do my best decision-making and negotiating, now. How on earth am I supposed to do that?” Emma’s right. Divorce wreaks havoc on everyone, makes life messy […]

Dating: Better to wait for divorce papers?

I met a lot of men who respond to my “Are you truly single?” question with “I’m headed for divorce” or basically divorced, or my all time favorite “sleeping in separate rooms” – all responses that still qualify as married. Married as in NOT single. I can understand why someone would be anxious to move […]

Divorce in Utah will take longer — 90-day ‘cooling off’ period

Gov. Gary Herbert took action on the last of 477 bills sent to him by the Utah Legislature, vetoing one that dealt with seismic studies for schools due to a technicality. It was the governor’s second veto this session — the first being a controversial abstinence-only sex education bill that sparked a massive outpouring of […]

Peter Facinelli Files for Divorce from Jennie Garth

Peter Facinelli has made it official and filed for divorce from Jennie Garth after 11 years of marriage.  In the Los Angeles Superior Court petition filed Wednesday the actor cites the usual “irreconcilable differences” and seeks joint custody of their three daughters.  According to Facinelli, they separated on Jan. 1 – more than three months […]

Christie Brinkley Divorce: Peter Cook Calls Her Breakdown On TV ‘Cunning And Shameless’

Following Christie Brinkley’s emotional outburst Tuesday on the ‘Today’ show, Peter Cook has responded by blasting her tears as a “cunning and shameless display in what I can only imagine was an attempt to garner public sympathy by dishonest means. In an interview on NBC with Matt Lauer, the ‘Chicago’ actress was brought to tears […]

Madonna’s ‘MDNA’ airs divorce venom

Divorce has long been a juicy topic in popular music. The late country star Tammy Wynette spelled it out to spare a little boy’s tender ears: “D-I-V-O-R-C-E.” But Madonna’s new album, “MDNA” — available in standard and explicit versions — doesn’t hide the nasty details. In “Don’t Give A,” she spits out the words “Lawyers […]