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Proven Steps for a Uncontested Divorce Agreement

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Can your divorce mediator finalize the uncontested divorce? Now, yes, in New York, explains Staten Island attorney Bill Leininger. For 28 years ethics barred a mediator from representing either spouse afterward; a rule change roughly two years ago lifted that once the settlement is signed and both waive the conflict. Most couples are now divorced within 30 to 60 days.

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Answered by Bill Leininger · Staten Island, NY

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— the New York ethics change that rescinded a 20-year-old restriction

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— how the mediator can now finalize the uncontested divorce

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Can your mediator finalize the divorce?

Now, yes, in New York—for 28 years ethics barred a mediator from representing either spouse afterward, but a rule change roughly two years ago lifted that once the settlement is signed and both waive the conflict, so most couples are divorced within 30 to 60 days.

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