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New Year, New Beginning: Planning Your Uncontested Divorce in 2026 The calendar turns, the holidays end, and millions of people wake on January 1st resolved to make significant life changes. For many,...
Protecting Your Business in Divorce: Strategies for New York Business Owners For business owners, divorce threatens not just personal finances but something deeper: the business you’ve built, nu...
The Benefits of Mediation in Uncontested Divorce Divorce doesn’t have to be a courtroom battle. For many couples, mediation offers a path forward that preserves dignity, protects finances, and—m...
Equitable Distribution vs. Community Property: Why New York’s Approach Matters If you’re contemplating divorce in New York, one fundamental question shapes your entire settlement: How will...
High-Income Child Support in New York: What Happens Above the Cap? When high-earning parents divorce in New York, child support calculations don’t simply follow a formula above the statutory cap...
Relocation with Children After Divorce: Understanding New York’s Tropea Standard You’ve been divorced for two years. You have primary custody of your two children. Now you have a significa...
Automatic Orders in New York Divorce: What You Can and Cannot Do You’ve just filed for divorce—or your spouse has filed—and suddenly you receive paperwork that seems to prohibit a long list of a...
Recognition of Foreign Divorce Decrees in New York You were married in one country, divorced in another, and now you’re remarrying or facing a new family law matter in New York. But you’re...
Common Law Marriage: Will New York Recognize Your Out-of-State Union? You’ve been with your partner for years, never had a formal wedding ceremony, and you live together in New York. You think o...
Foreign Marriage Recognition: Will New York Honor Your Overseas Wedding? If you were married outside the United States—whether in your home country, during destination wedding, or abroad for immigrati...
Valid, Void, and Voidable Marriages in New York: Understanding the Distinctions When most people think about ending a marriage, they think about divorce. But divorce isn’t always the path forwar...
J.M. v. G.V.: A Landmark 2025 Decision on Prenuptial Agreement Waivers In January 2025, a Kings County decision in J.M. v. G.V. sent ripples through the matrimonial law community in New York. This cas...
The GET Law: New York’s Approach to Religious Barriers to Remarriage Divorce is complicated enough when you’re navigating property division, custody, and financial arrangements. But for co...
Postnuptial Agreements: It’s Not Too Late to Protect Your Assets When most people think about protecting their assets before marriage, their minds go to prenuptial agreements. And rightfully so—...
CPLR 2106 Changes: How New York’s Affirmation Rules Simplify Divorce Paperwork If you’ve been navigating a divorce in New York, you know that the procedural requirements can feel overwhelm...
Uncontested Divorce in New Jersey: A Streamlined Path to a Fresh Start Divorce is rarely an easy process, but it doesn’t always have to be contentious and protracted. If you and your spouse agre...
The Importance of Severability Clauses in Prenuptial Agreements A well-drafted prenuptial agreement is one of the most effective tools for protecting assets and clarifying financial expectations befor...
Trusts and Divorce: When Are Trust Assets Subject to Equitable Distribution in New York? One of the most common questions we hear from clients with family wealth or inherited assets is: “Will my...
Spousal Maintenance in New York: The 2024 Income Cap Increase to $228,000 Spousal maintenance—commonly referred to as alimony—is one of the most significant financial components of a New York divorce,...
New York’s 2024 Child Support Guidelines: Understanding the Increased Income Cap Every year, New York adjusts its child support guidelines to account for inflation and changes in the cost of liv...
The Rise of Gray Divorce: Financial Considerations for Couples Divorcing After 50 Divorce among Americans age 50 and older has quietly become one of the fastest-growing demographic trends. What resear...
Cryptocurrency and Divorce: How New York Courts Handle Digital Assets Cryptocurrency has emerged as a significant wealth component in many marriages. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and countless other digital ass...
New Jersey’s Uniform Premarital Agreement Act: How It Protects Your Interests New Jersey adopted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (UPAA), codified at N.J.S.A. 37:2-31 et seq., to provide a c...
Prenuptial Agreements in New York: What You Need to Know Before Saying ‘I Do’ Discussing a prenuptial agreement before marriage isn’t the most romantic dinner conversation, but it&rs...
Understanding New York’s Uncontested Divorce Process: A Step-by-Step Guide Divorce is rarely easy, but an uncontested divorce in New York can make the process significantly smoother, faster, and...