New York became the last state in the nation to offer no-fault divorce Sunday, with Governor David Paterson announcing that he had approved the controversial measure, which has been debated for decades. The law, which applies to all divorce filings from now on, provides that one spouse can receive a divorce by declaring under oath that a marriage has been "irretrievably" broken for at least six months.
August 16, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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ALBANY – After decades of debate, New York State finally has a no-fault divorce option that allows spouses to terminate their marriages within six months of stating under oath their unions are “irretrievably” broken.
That change has been widely supported by attorneys and court officials. However, some are expressing concern about what one no-fault advocate called a “troublesome” companion to the no-fault divorce bill that Governor David Paterson also signed Sunday.
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