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Mediation vs. Litigation in Long Island Divorce

No-Fault Divorce Comes to New York on Oct 12, 2010

August 25, 2010

The New York state assembly has passed a bill authorizing no-fault divorce in New York. Governor David Patterson signed the bill on August 15; it goes into effect on October 12, 2010. The provision is an amendment to Domestic Relations Law (DRL) Section 170, and states that, as one of the grounds for divorce in [...]

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Failure to Deal with Realities in Divorce, Part 2

May 13, 2010

Obviously, the husband could have been presenting a partial picture; I told him that his initial failure to provide financial disclosure to his wife’s attorney had probably cost him some creditability. The following week the husband turned  up for our next appointment. We waited half an hour for the wife; he tried calling her — [...]

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