The Matrimonial Commission is charged with examining every facet of the divorce process in New York and recommending reforms to correct existing problems. Chaired by Associate Justice Sondra Miller, of the Appellate Division, Second Department, the panel will consider, among other topics, the many complex issues involved in custody disputes, including the role and qualifications of forensics experts and law guardians. |
| The Commission recently submitted the following Report to Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye with additional recommendations for improving the administration of divorce litigation and all the attendant matters to the end of reducing undue trauma, cost and delay to the parties and, most importantly, the children.
The Commission recommends sweeping changes in several areas including, the selection and education of judges, the appointment and regulation of neutral experts and law guardians, access to justice, and the administration of the legal process, among others. Finally, the Commission urges the OCA to act quickly and deliberately on the recommendations made in this Report, to pursue scholarship and research on the many complex issues identified, and to strive to increase public awareness and education regarding the rights and responsibilities of parties engaged in divorce and custody matters and the impact such has on this litigation’s unintended victims - the children.
Matrimonial Commission Report to the Chief Judge of the State of New York, Feb. 2006
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