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

The absence of no fault divorce in New York has many unintended and unfortunate consequences. Perhaps the single most disturbing consequence is that divorce courts are forced to accept as true, testimony known to be false. That is, as one trial judge, recently pointed out, “it forces judges and special referees who preside over these cases to in effect turn a blind eye — or at least a myopic one — to what is technically perjury.” In the case of Andrew T. v. Yanna T, the husband was granted an uncontested divorce from his wife on the ground of constructive... More