New York has residency requirements that are consistent throughout the state, so if you’ve recently moved to Rochester from elsewhere in New York, you should be able to file right away.

If you’ve moved to Rochester from another state, the requirements get a little trickier.

Essentially, if you and your spouse never lived in New York and you move here to start over, you’ll need to reside in the state for two years before you can file here.

It may be more advantageous to retain counsel in your previous home state and begin the action there.

If your spouse has been a resident of New York for at least a year and you have recently moved here, you can file right away.

There are other variations on the residency requirements that an experienced divorce attorney can help you understand.

To learn whether divorce in Rochester is available to you now and whether it is to your benefit to wait to divorce here, call the attorneys at Friedman & Ranzenhofer today at 585-484-7432 and speak to an experienced Rochester divorce attorney for free.