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