NEW YORK - A Broadway mogul whose wife trashed him in a widely viewed Internet video was granted a divorce from her Monday. A Manhattan judge gave Philip Smith a divorce from Tricia Walsh- Smith on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.
Appellate Division, Third Department Divorce, Cruel and Inhuman Treatment
A personal injury action brought by a wife against her husband was not barred by the wife's failure to pursue the tort claim in pending divorce proceedings, New York's highest court has ruled. Shortly after the wife and her husband married, she filed for divorce, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. As one ground for divorce, the wife claimed that her husband had grabbed [her] and violently slapped her across the face and ear causing [her] to suffer bruising, pain and swelling.
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Finally! Gov. David A. Paterson on Aug. 13 signed into law significant new legislation to reform New York State's outdated divorce laws. New York will finally join the other 49 states in allowing no- fault divorce, meaning couples can end a marriage without having to affix blame, an often costly and lengthy process.
... testify in open court as to the husband's cruel and inhuman treatment, which was required to have...
Details still need to be understood, but new legislation would eliminate the need for couples in New York to blame one another should their marriage fail. Comprehensive divorce reform, a three-bill package, has passed both houses of the state Legislature and is expected to be sent to Gov. David A. Paterson by the Aug. 15 deadline, making New York the final state to offer what is commonly referred to as "no-fault divorce.
... fault on the part of the other, such as cruel and inhuman treatment, adultery, abandonment or im...
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ALBANY ? The clock is ticking toward the end of the State Legislature's 2010 session, and Assembly leaders are unsure if there is the time or will to follow the Senate in legalizing no-fault divorce laws in New York. The Senate this week passed legislation to make it quicker and less confrontational for married couples in New York to obtain a divorce. New York would join all other states in permitting couples to end their marriages by mutual consent, without having to assign blame, such as adultery, abandonment or cruel and inhuman punishment.
... judges to ignore "cruel and inhuman treatment" by domestic violence victims and award a no- faul...
... doubled back to redefine torture, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, to allow the ver... do is have Senator Schumer, who is from New York, introduce. LEAHY: And I'm going to ask -- after ..., there a Frankfurt presiding judge over a divorce court involving two Muslim Moroccan residents in G...
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