North Collins, NY Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

If your daughter's husband just received his "green card" after their marriage and your daughter is a US citizen, it will facilitate both his renewal of residency and/or his ability to become a US citizen based upon length of time married to a US citizen.  Your daughter's rights would be the same as any other married individual and would not be affected by his immigration status.  If you have further questions, you should contact a Family Law or Immigration attorney in your area. -Alfred Polizzotto, III

You can enter a common law marriage in another state, however, since New York State does not recognize common law marriage, you will not be considered married under the laws of New York. This also means that until you obtain a legal marriage in another state or New York, then even if the marriage is recognized in another state, you would not be able to file for divorce in New York State.

During a divorce proceeding, both parties will have to go through an extensive "discovery" period, where they are both required to produce numerous financial documents including W2's, 1040s, pay stubs, bank statements, etc., for the past three years or more.  Both parties are also required to fill out what is called a "Statement of Net Worth" which details their financial situation.   If your daughter's husband does not produce these documents, then he can be ordered to the court, and held in contempt if he still refused to abide by the court order.