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.
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The New York State Bar Association will ask the state legislature to amend the Domestic Relations Law to provide for no-fault divorce in New York State. Currently, New York is the only state that does not provide for some version of unilateral no-fault divorce. Under four of the existing grounds for divorce, at least one of the spouses is required to be held at fault in order to receive a decree.
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 David A. Paterson on Aug. 13 signed into law significant new legislation to reform New York State's outdated divorce laws.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.
As most matrimonial practitioners are aware, the New York no- fault divorce law as well as ancillary laws regarding spousal maintenance and counsel and expert fees finally became law when signed by Gov. Paterson on Aug.15. As most of us are just now digesting the text of the statutes, reflections on the laws by members of the Rochester matrimonial law community will appear in a later column. With the flurry over whether New York permit no-fault divorce, however, significant changes took place in New York family law on July 15 attracted next to no attention.
Now that government belt-tightening has become a national obsession, divorce-reform advocates are making the argument that they can be part of the solution. Divorce is costly for everyone, they argue, and encouraging troubled couples to try to work things out could benefit the national bottom line.
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Florence Fass, a Garden City matrimonial attorney, is glad the blame game is over. She's not alone as no-fault divorce is making its way toward becoming law in New York - the last state to require grounds for divorce. The recent passage by the New York State Senate of a bill that would end the requirement of one spouse being blamed is a large step on the road to no-fault divorce.
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.
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New York would join the other 49 states permitting no-fault divorce, making it faster and less expensive for uncontested breakups, under legislation given final approval Thursday night. Perhaps more significant, the deal updates and makes more uniform the way in which maintenance -- or alimony -- is awarded, ending a current system that some lawmakers say forces some people to stay in abusive or empty relationships because of economic conditions.
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