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How can I get a divorce in New York State?

Asked on Oct 21st, 2011 on Divorce - New York
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My wife and I have only been married for less than two years. Problem is she needs psychiatric help. I''ll explain. Since before we have been married, she is not willing to work, clean, really do anything. When we cannot afford something that she wants to do it often ends up with me having a few more scars on my body (bites, stabs, even baby bottles). She currently decided to stab me so hard with a metal dining fork that I had to dislodge it from my shoulder and wrap it immediately. Please don''t think in anyway i provoked this. I simply told her driving 45 minutes away with my car that I have to use to go to work in was not allowed because I only had a quarter of a tank left. I decided finally that it was time to go to the police. I pressed charges and tried to take my son to my parents house. I had my little boy for just a day and then she came up to their house while I was working and took him from them with a sheriff escort. I already have a custody court hearing coming up.
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Uncontested Divorce Attorney serving Paramus, NJ at The Reimer Law Firm, PLLC
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I'm sorry for your trouble. Getting a divorce in NY will depend on whether or not your spouse agrees to get the divorce, and whether or not your spouse agrees to divide the assets, arrange the custody and visitation of the children, and arrange any support payments (as applicable). There will be residency requirements that, in your case, the facts indicate that your satisfy, as you both live in New York, you were married in New York, and some of the treatment to which you are being subjected seems to have happened in New York as well. To file for divorce in New York, you will need grounds, which is kind of your reason for divorce.  They include abandonment, terrible treatment, and a total breakdown of the marriage. Your child custody issues sound like they may be contentious, you definitely ought to seek counsel before you proceed with this case.  Lots of luck to you, Eric Reimer  
Answered on Oct 24th, 2011 at 3:35 PM

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