Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Divorce: How fast?

I thought it took one year from the time of a legal separation to obtain a divorce in NY. My husband says it can be done almost immediately. How can that be done?


Asked on 6/12/01, 9:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Garry Hanlon

Re: Divorce: How fast?

It is true, but it requires the assertion

of fault grounds, namely, adultery,

cruel and Inhuman, abandonment or constructive

abandonment.

If there is a written agreement of settlement

courts will rarely question the validity

of the grounds.

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Answered on 6/29/01, 9:19 pm


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