Governor Patterson has just signed the no fault divorce bill, bringing New York in line with the other 49 states in the U.S. The bill establishes a ground for divorce based upon one spouse averring that the marriage has "irretrievably" broken down for at least six months. The text of the bill can be found here. This law will eliminate the legal blackmail described in an earlier post.
Two other bills were also signed by the Governor. The first requires payment of counsel and expert fees to the non-monied spouse. The text of the bill can be found here.
Finally, the Governor signed a controversial measure that provides guidelines for temporary maintenance payments while a divorce case proceeds in court. For the full text of that bill, click here.
I will be providing an in depth analysis of these new laws in a future post. Stay tuned.
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