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2. New York divorce law - Wikipedia

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   New York divorce law changed on August 15, 2010, when Governor David Paterson signed no-fault divorce into law in New York state. Until 2010, New York recognized divorces only upon fault-based criteria or upon separation. The State Senate approved the No-Fault Divorce bill on June 30, and the State Assembly passed the bill on July 1.

3. Grounds for divorce (United States) - Wikipedia

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   A fault divorce is a divorce which is granted after the party asking for the divorce sufficiently proves that the other party did something wrong that justifies ending the marriage. [8] For example, in Texas, grounds for an "at-fault" divorce include cruelty, adultery, a felony conviction, abandonment, living apart, and commitment in a mental ...

4. Married Women's Property Acts in the United States - Wikipedia

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   [23] New York expanded its statute in 1860, [20] with the Married Women's Earnings Act. [15] It then repealed parts of its legislation in 1862, eliminating a married woman's right to guardianship of her children and the right of a widow to manage her late husband's estate. [17] As of 1860, 14 states had passed some version of this statute. [24]

5. The state of American divorce in 2024 - AOL

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   Crude divorce rates measure the number of divorces per 1,000 people. ... New York: 5.7. Minnesota: 5.7. It's worth noting that while divorce rates are higher in the South, marriage rates are also ...

6. No-fault divorce - Wikipedia

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   No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. [1] [2] Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party of the marriage without requiring the petitioner to provide evidence that the defendant has committed a breach of the marital contract.

7. New York Family Court - Wikipedia

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   Family Court does not have jurisdiction over divorces, which must be litigated in the Supreme Court (which is a trial court, rather than the highest court which would be the New York Court of Appeals) and although Criminal Court domestic violence parts typically hear all cases involving crimes against intimate partners (whether opposite- or ...