Divorce Q&A

April 2024

Pace Women's Justice Center (PWJC) is Westchester County's leading civil legal services and training provider addressing domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse. We are a nonprofit legal center located at Pace Law School, with satellite offices at the White Plains and Yonkers Family Court Houses. With an experienced staff and a team of dedicated volunteers, including attorneys, other professionals and students, we have built an effective, coordinated community response to interpersonal violence.

Each year, we serve thousands of victims and survivors of domestic violence and elder abuse who cannot afford the legal help they need. We can help obtain orders of protection and provide legal services related to divorce, custody, support, financial exploitation, public benefits, housing and other matters. Our outreach and training programs raise awareness, share information, and train judges, police officers, attorneys, social service providers, law students, and the public about domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse.

We are extremely grateful to Steven Jay Levine, Esq., May Orenstein, Esq. and Jane Silverman, Esq. for writing the Comprehensive Divorce Q&A and to Cathy Pohl, Esq. for writing the Summary Divorce Q&A.

The Pace Women's Justice Center provides free legal education on a variety of topics including family law, domestic violence, elder law and elder abuse. We are very pleased to present the Fifth Edition of Divorce Q&A: Answers to Questions about Divorce, Equitable Distribution, Maintenance, Custody, Child Support and Domestic Violence to the Westchester community.

PWJC is a nonprofit organization and relies on donations and grants to support our work. To learn more about PWJC and find out how you can get involved, please contact us at 914.422.4069 or on our website at www.law.pace.edu/wjc.

Sincerely,

The Pace Women's Justice Center - Westchester Division