Legal Question in Family Law in New York
I have a legal separation document that a lawyer prepared for me a year ago. I plan to go to court and file it, purchase an index number and then a note of issue. When this happens will I be issued divorce papers too or will my separation agreement become the divorce? Will I need my husband to sign anything else?
*I live in Queens, Ny if that's important in determining County and/or State laws
Asked on 9/03/10, 11:37 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Kristen Browde
Browde Law, P.C.
You'll need to file the same divorce paperwork as anyone else, except that because your separation agreement has not been filed for a year you'll need to also resolve the issue of nunc pro tunc filing.
Answered on 9/09/10, 10:08 pm