If you and your spouse are contemplating a divorce or you desire to live separate and apart from your spouse and want to resolve matters concerning finances, payment of bills, payment for necessary expenses, sale of house, car payments, child custody, visitation of children, child support, spousal support, payment of medical insurance, ownership of specified property, division of marital property, and many other considerations, you may need a written separation agreement.
Having a fair written separation agreement, properly executed and signed by you and your spouse and filed with the County Clerk, in circumstances where you and your spouse have lived separate and apart for a year or more can serve as the basis or grounds for a New York divorce.
If you and your spouse enter into a fair and voluntary separation agreement, you can use that separation agreement to avoid marital disputes and costly litigation and court proceedings if you are seeking a divorce. When you have a valid legal separation agreement that covers the essential components of a divorce, you may be able to obtain an uncontested divorce. Then you should be able to avoid a trial and not have a State Supreme Court Judge decide the issues of your divorce.
You can call the Law Office of Jerold S. Slate, an experienced divorce lawyer at (845) 471-4141 to schedule a personal and confidential consultation.
Separation Agreement
