Full question:
If my spouse currently resides in New York and he files for a divorce is there a waiting period on filing and will this cause me to end up in court in New York?
- Category: Divorce
- Date:
- State: Texas
Answer:
Yes, if your spouse files for divorce in New York, you may need to appear in court there. New York has specific residency requirements for divorce:
- If you were married in New York and either spouse has lived there for at least one continuous year before filing.
- If you lived together in New York as a married couple and either spouse has been a resident for one continuous year before filing.
- If the reason for the divorce occurred in New York and either spouse has lived there for one continuous year before filing.
- If the reason for the divorce occurred in New York and both spouses are residents.
In all other cases, at least one spouse must have lived in New York for two continuous years before filing for divorce.
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