HOW TO GET A DIVORCE IN NEW YORK?
(without creating a hole in your pocket, losing your sanity and going into a long and costly process)
By Michelle Rozen, Expert Divorce Mediator, 5 Penn Plaza, 19th Floor, NYC 10001, Owner of Divorce Without Disaster, Affordable and Professional Divorce Mediation Services
1. Contact a mediator. Mediation always offers the most amicable, same and affordable way to get a divorce or a legal separation.
2. Schedule a free of charge consultation meeting. It is a great way for both you to gain information about the process and about your options. By the time you leave this meeting, you will be very clear about what the process is, what to expect and what the next steps are.
3. Consider legal separation. This can be converted to a divorce after one year.In New York you must have a reason or “grounds” for the divorce. No-fault divorce doesn’t exist in New York, and for many divorcing couples, legal separation is the best way to go about divorce without assigning fault.
4. Keep in mind that mediation is confidential, short term, and goal oriented. There are no Court appearances, no messiness , no ugliness. You are going through a very tough time in your life. Mediation makes your separation easier to deal with emotionally – and certainly financially.
5. You will be encouraged to seek legal advice but you will not be litigating your case in Court.
Spare yourself, your spouse and your kids the agony of a messy divorce. For more information, please visit www.DivorceWithoutDisaster.com or call 1-800-506-6953.
