Today I was reading the current legislative bills being considered by the 112th Congress. Among them is H.R.1981 - Latest Title: Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (Sponsor: Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] (introduced 5/25/2011) Cosponsors (39)Related Bills: S.596, S.1308 Latest Major Action: 12/16/2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224. House Reports: 112-281 Part 1 SUMMARY AS OF:5/25/2011--Introduced.)In reading the summary the following is stated: "Pr... Continue reading ...
After First No-Fault Divorce Trial, Judge Ends 56-Year Marriage
Posted by Michele A Peters on Wednesday, January 25, 2012,
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Divorce Law
And so reads the headline in an article published today in the New York Law Journal. What appears to be the first trial of a contested no-fault divorce in New York, a Long Island judge brought to a conclusion a 56-year marriage that he determined was "irretrievably broken." The divorcing parties, Gloria and Sebastian J. Sorrentino, are in their ‘80’s.Although the state's 2010 no-fault divorce law was intended to reduce lengthy litigation, Acting Supreme Court Justice James F. Quinn in S... Continue reading ...