How Long Does It Take To Get Divorced in Buffalo?

An uncontested divorce in Buffalo, New York State is probably going to take about 3 or 4 months before it is signed by the judge and filed in a county clerk’s office. It depends how long it is takes for the parties to come to terms on the equitable distribution of their assets. A contested divorce can take much longer. Contested divorce proceedings typically around 8 months, 12 months, or longer, depending upon how long it takes to bring the parties together in a settlement agreement, if the parties never settle an agreement, they can’t, then the judge is going to have to decide and that means that there is going to be a trial. A trial maybe an issue with regards to simply financials, it could be an issue with regards to custody of the children, and these two types of trials can be done together or it can be done separately, depending upon how the parties are able to work with one another on the other issues.