“New York is not all bricks and steel….It is the place where all the aspirations of the Western World meet to form one vast master aspiration…”1 —H.L. Mencken.
After almost five years of battling amongst the sometimes warring factions of matrimonial and family law attorneys, and hard on the heels of attempts by the courts of this state to navigate the muddied waters created by the temporary maintenance guidelines [DRL §236(B)(5-a)], the New York State Legislature passed a bill (A 7645; S 5678 of 2015), designed to bring clarity and consistency to the determination of temporary and, for the first time, post-divorce maintenance awards in divorce and spousal support proceedings, while still providing the courts with complete flexibility to exercise their discretion where strict application of these yet to be tested guidelines would have an unfair result.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
