PUBLICATION DIVORCE WHEN YOU CANNOT LOCATE YOUR SPOUSE

If you are married but don’t know where your spouse is we can still help you get divorced.

New York law requires that we serve your spouse the divorce documents so that he or she will have an opportunity to respond.

Although, obviously if you can’t find your spouse then serving them the documents is not possible.

In New York, if you can’t find your spouse to serve them the divorce paperwork, you need to do a Publication Divorce. A Publication Divorce is the only way to divorce a missing spouse.

So don’t worry – even if you can’t locate your spouse – we can still help!

We’ve helped many clients obtain divorces without their spouses’ signatures.  The only requirement for a unilateral divorce is that you must not know where your spouse is located.

If you don’t know where they are and we can’t find them, then we can help you get a divorce without your spouse’s signature. They don’t even need to be served for that matter.  The publication of the notice in the newspaper acts to put them on notice. For more information on Publication Divorces, call us for an appointment at 212-608-1630.

Should You Have a Pre-Nuptial Agreement?

Marriage is most definitely an economic partnership and all parties to a marriage should have full financial disclosure of their fiancee's assets, debts and income before and during the marriage. A pre-marriage agreement, also known as a prenuptial or ante nuptial agreement, is a contract between you and your fiancee that addresses financial issues and any other issues that are important to you and your fiancee. These other issues may include children, religion, sharing housekeeping tasks and career support. Attached to the agreement should be a financial statement listing all of the assets, debts and income of you and your fiancee.


A pre-marriage agreement can determine what items are to be shared as marital property or what items will be owned only by one spouse and identified as separate property.


If you want more information about pre-nuptial agreements, call us for a free consultation at 212-608-1630.