Within three hours we had agreed, and it meant we could go home and get on with our lives, Katzander said. As part of the reform, the court system also is asking for new laws to reduce costs and time when divorcing couples squabble over money and property. The proposed laws would legislate mandatory disclosure of documents, such as tax returns and bank statements, within 45 days of filing. They would also impose an immediate freeze on the status of all marital assets so neither could clean out any accounts. Kaye said the most important effect is a change in attitude.
Divorce is a fact of modern-day life.
But it needn t be so ruinous to people financially, she said. For cases that will be contested, the court reforms also would require early conferences to encourage speedy resolution and will include social workers to assist in the resolution of child custody and visitation issues. A Barnard College brochure boasts that graduates of women's colleges are more likely to marry and have children than women at coed schools. Nope, it's from the '90s. And now, it's being revised after students complained that it makes lesbians feel unwelcome and stereotypes all women's college students.