Bill Title: Enacts "The Divorce Reform Act of 2010"; provides that maintenance may be required to be paid either permanently or for a fixed period of time; provides that the failure to state in an agreement between the parties or in a court order that the remarriage of the recipient of maintenance shall cause the termination of such maintenance, shall not bar the termination thereof; makes the post-divorce standards of living of the parties and the loss of health insurance benefits factors in determining the disposition of property; establishes irreconcilable differences as a ground for divorce; provides for payment of attorneys' and expert fees in matrimonial actions, including to obtain maintenance or distribution of property after a foreign divorce.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-21 - PRINT NUMBER 5667B [S05667 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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