New York Finally Allows No-Fault Divorce

On Sunday, Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law a package of bills including one that would make the marriages dissolvable by mutual consent.

The new bill, known as the no-fault divorce bill, allows couples in the state of New York to terminate their marriages by mutual consent and without one spouse having to accuse the other of grounds for divorce such as imprisonment, adultery, cruelty or abandonment. It also allows one spouse to divorce the other spouse unilaterally.

Supporters of the recent bill said it would end an epidemic of perjury in the divorce courts as some spouses have falsely testified to wrongdoing in order to get a divorce. One opponent of the new bill is the Roman catholic church which said no fault divorce would increase divorce rates.

Governor Paterson said, "finally, New York has brought its divorce laws into the 21st century."

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