so the divorce process in new york is is
dependent on whether we’re dealing with
a contested or an uncontested proceeding
for the most part but
essentially you’re bringing a petition
before the court you’re asking the court
to
divvy up any assets divide any debts
that you may have acquired during the
life of the marriage deal with things
like custody support both spousal and
child support and most importantly at
least to most people give you the
ability to
be
able to use your old legal last name
so either this is done through an
uncontested proceeding where everything
is done through an agreement between
the two spouses or it’s done through a
litigious proceeding that takes time
depending on how long these people want
to fight