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

With training camps open and the pre-season about to begin, the Times reports that  60 to 80% of NFL players’ marriages will end in divorce. This statistic is really not all that surprising. Football players, at least during their playing careers, like other athletes and celebrities, enjoy a fantasy-like life of privilege and temptation. The players, often drafted right out of college, are showered with attention, adoration, and big money contracts. They simply may not be prepared to make “life” decisions, including marriage. New York Jet James Dearth explains: What football players go through in their careers can affect their... More

A-Rod, Christie Brinkley, Madonna. There is no escaping it. Divorce is all over the news. The tabloids (and their readers) are eating it up. The issues in these celebrity divorces are, in large measure, the same as those of everyone else. Granted - few of my cases involve the wealth of someone like A-Rod. These cases seem to all have the recurrent theme of adultery, infidelity and loss of trust. As a result of the betrayal, marital assets will have to be divided. The very public Christie Brinkley trial is particularly compelling. It is providing a primer on how a... More