New York Family Law Blog

In 2010, New York State passed legislation providing no fault divorce and also created a formulaic system for determining awards of temporary maintenance (alimony).  The formula was intended to create uniformity in...

Until 2010, New York did not allow "no-fault" divorce. This meant that one spouse had to prove grounds for divorce. In 2010, the New York State legislature added "irretrievable breakdown" to the list of grounds for divorce....

Sophia Hollander of the Wall Street Journal has written a fascinating article about New York's "No Fault" divorce law which now allows a spouse to seek and obtain a divorce without claiming or proving "grounds." In the...

On October 12, 2010, New York passed their version of “no-fault” divorce. Prior to this controversial, statutory change, New Yorkers had to prove grounds in order to obtain a divorce. In situations in which one party...

According to a British newspaper, after a 99 year old Italian man recently discovered that his 96 year old wife had an affair in the 1940s, he is now seeking a divorce.  During their 77 year marriage, the couple had five...