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.
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No-Fault Companion Bill on Maintenance Raises New Concerns
New York Law Journal
August 16, 2010
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