The marriage is over. You’ve separated. In fact, one of you has left the state entirely. Now you’re ready to make that separate official. Can you still divorce in New York State when one of you is a non-resident?
Regardless of what has brought you to this place – the end of your marriage – my goal is to help you get through the process of legally dissolving your marriage in as straightforward a manner as possible.
You and your spouse are splitting. Your marriage is over. Your wife is impossible. Your husband’s been lying. You both have retained lawyers. And now, because you cannot agree on anything, you are going to court. You tell your divorce attorney:
Your wife had an affair and often leaves your young children unattended.
You want your attorney to make sure to share every detail in court.
It’s official. You and your ex-wife/ex-husband have split. Your divorce is final. The marriage is over, and you are free to begin life anew.
This November, Sotheby held the first of two auctions it calls "the most valuable, single-owner auction ever staged."
What was it? The $676 million sale of half of the blue-chip art left from the bitter divorce of billionaire real estate developer Harry Macklowe and his wife Linda Macklowe after 57 years.
To err is human. To forgive is divine. Everyone makes mistakes. It happens. However, if you are considering divorcing your spouse, some errors are easy enough to avoid. Make them anyway, and they are likely to cost you in your divorce. Here are three potential missteps you can avoid when dissolving your marriage:
When you married the first time, you likely thought it would be forever. But then it wasn’t. Maybe your heart wasn’t really into it – but you’d been dating so long that marriage seemed inevitable. It was more inertia than love.
Ignorance is not bliss – and never less so than when it comes to divorcing spouses.
As crushing as it may be to discover your spouse has cheated on you with someone else, the impact of infidelity on your divorce in New York is minimal. Regardless, adultery remains the number one reason for ending a marriage.