Norah Hart Attorney

07/24/2025

I am not "impersonating" Norah Hart.
I am Norah Hart.
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01/13/2024

01/13/2024

Is this divorce contested or uncontested? This case is neither. This divorce has not even begun. The Notice of Divorce must be served within 120 days from the date the papers were filed with the County Clerk's Office and she says he filed two years ago. The mother/wife tells me that her husband handed her the documents himself, while they were at home in their apartment and he e-mailed it to her. Her husband told her she is “in default”. The fact is, the Husband has defaulted because the wife was not served properly. A defendant (here, the wife) must be served within 120 days from the date the action was filed with the County Clerk's Office. Furthermore, the Plaintiff cannot be the person that gives the papers to the Defendant. Because her husband is a party, he cannot serve her. The fact that he e-mailed her a copy is also irrelevant, proper service must be made with hard copies handed to the defendant by an adult who is not a party to the action. Technically their divorce has not even “commenced”. The date of commencement is the date proper service takes place. The true date of commencement can become very important when it comes to dividing marital assets and/or calculating how long the higher earner will (may) be required to pay the lesser earner spousal support.

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01/11/2024

Yesterday a woman named Jane called me to ask about divorce coaching. She was hoping to represent herself in her divorce, go pro se, but had a number of questions that she couldn’t answer by googling them. She said that her husband was an attorney and he had filed for divorce two years ago. He told her that if she tried to get child support, that would make the divorce “contested” and the court would MAKE them hire an attorney for their 3 year old son.
This is not accurate, and divorce law advice coming from your spouse is not reliable. Getting attorneys appointed to represent children is rare. It should not be necessary unless one parent is claiming that the other parent is unfit, i.e. should not have any custody or visitation, or should only be allowed supervised visitation, or if one parent is trying to take custody away from the other. The court is not in a rush to appoint attorneys to kids, because it’s just sad, nobody wants that. It’s not surprising that one spouse would tell another this, however, to discourage them from getting the issue before the court.

04/02/2020

Did you know you can pause your mortgage payments for 90 days?

Subdivision two of Section 39 of the Banking Law is hereby modified to provide that it shall be deemed an unsafe and unsound business practice if, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, any bank which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Department shall not grant a forbearance to any person or business who has a financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic for a period of ninety days.

03/29/2020

Wills, Deeds, Power of Attorney, Medical/Health Care Directives, and Health Care Proxy, can be notarized remotely, via video (whatsapp, zoom, facetime, etc.) through April 18, 2020 in accordance with New York Executive Order number 202.7, pursuant to Section 29-a of Article 2-B of the Executive Law, issued on March 7, 2020. Any notarial act that is required under New York State law is authorized to be performed utilizing audio-video technology provided certain conditions are met. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS.

03/29/2020

I am a licensed notary. Fully remote notarization available.