Three statutes that will directly impact each and every matrimonial action have been signed into law by Governor David A. Paterson and will shortly be effective.

Automatic Stay Order

Since the enactment of DLR 236(B), popularly called the “Equitable Distribution Law,” effective July 16, 1980, practitioners have had to be concerned with transfers of, or encumbrances on, marital property which might thwart the eventual disposition in the case.