New York Passes No Fault Divorce Into Law

Image by Getty Images via @daylife As reported in Bloomberg.com, the Governor of New York, David Paterson, signed into law the no fault divorce in New York yesterday.   Previously, parties had to point fingers at the other side alleging cruelty, adultery or abandonment to get a divorce. The change goes into effect in 60 [...]

Skype Visitation Ordered in New York Case

Image by Getty Images via @daylife I reported in January of this year, an order from an Illinois judge who ordered that the children be available via the internet for visitation with Father because of the distance. In New York this week, a judge ordered in Baker v. Baker that Mother, at her own cost [...]

New York May Soon Become the Last No Fault Divorce State

Image via Wikipedia New York is the only state in the country that does not allow no-fault divorce, creating what divorce lawyers call institutionalized perjury by forcing couples in failing marriages to essentially lie to a judge.  I wrote not to long ago about a case in New York in which the wife threatened the [...]

New York Senate Votes to Expel Senator Monserrate

The New York State Senate on Tuesday night expelled a senator convicted of assaulting his companion, the first time a member of the Legislature was forced from office in nearly a century. Hiram Monserrate, a Democrat from Queens, was convicted last fall of misdemeanor assault after a fight with his companion, Karla Giraldo, that left [...]