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Civil Union Dissolution and Irreconcilable Difference

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 20, 2015 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

Today in a published trial court case, the NJ Superior Court addressed an issue dealing with a difference in the law regarding civil union dissolutions. After Lewis v. Harris directed the state to create an equivalent to marriage for same-sex couples, the legislature...

New York Finally Embraces Irreconcilable Differences

by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 1, 2010 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 1 comment

New York state was the last state in the United States not to offer its citizens a no fault cause of action for divorce. In August 2010, Governor David Paterson signed into law a bill which adds irreconcilable differences as a cause of action. Property division,...

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