Long Island Divorce Attorney

New York Family Law and Divorce Lawyer

If you are considering divorce or if you and your spouse have already agreed to execute a separation agreement in order to get the ball rolling on the divorce process, you need a skilled family law attorney at your side. Issues involving child custody, child support, visitation, alimony and property division will need to be resolved, and an attorney can help ensure that these are handled in such a way as to benefit your future.

Grounds for Divorce in New York

To obtain a divorce in New York, you must establish grounds. New York law does not recognize a divorce based upon irreconcilable differences, also referred to as a “no fault” divorce. Following are allowed grounds for a divorce:

• Cruel and Inhuman Treatment: physical or mental cruelty or abuse.
• Abandonment: your spouse has physically left you or has moved out without justification or intent to return. This must have been occurring for one year prior to filing for divorce. Abandonment may also be grounds for divorce if it is constructive, meaning your spouse refused to have sexual relations for at least one year prior to your filing for divorce.
• Adultery: these grounds will be denied if you had relations with your spouse after learning of the affair. 
• Separation Agreement: working out a legal separation agreement and living separate for one year following your separation agreement will enable you to file for “no fault” divorce.
• Imprisonment: if your spouse is imprisoned for 3 or more years prior to your filing for divorce, this is legal grounds for a divorce.

Consult a Divorce Lawyer

Consulting an experienced divorce lawyer will help ensure that the divorce process goes as smoothly as possible, including for your children. These emotionally charged situations require a divorce lawyer who is both compassionate and experienced in order to reach the best outcome, and that is precisely what Sari M. Friedman, P.C. provides. Taking on divorce cases throughout Nassau County, Suffolk County, Queens & Westchester County, New York, family lawyer Sari Friedman is ready to help you.

Contact Long Island divorce lawyer Sari M. Friedman today!