New York Divorce Report - New York's Divorce and Family Law Blog

As the economy continues to falter, there are reports of a couple of distinct trends in family law cases: many couples are putting off their divorces and, if the couples are going forward with their divorces, they doing so without legal representation. NBC News is reporting that “more distressed couples are putting off divorce because the cost of splitting up is prohibitive in a time of stagnant salaries, plummeting home values and rising unemployment.” In more prosperous times, the marital home was the largest asset to be distributed. When it was sold, the proceeds used to be enough to allow... More