Preliminary Conference Stipulation/order Contested Matrimonial - New York Supreme Court Page 9

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K.
PARENT EDUCATION:
 has provided information as to parent education.
The Court:
 has taken no action with respect to parent education.
 hereby orders the parties to attend parent education.
L.
ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION/MEDIATION:
The parties  are OR  are not aware of the existence of mediation, collaborative
processes and other alternative dispute resolution methods.
M.
NOTICE OF GUIDELINE MAINTENANCE
Each party acknowledges receipt of the following notice from the Court:
If your divorce was commenced on or after January 25, 2016, this Notice is required to be
given to you by the Supreme Court of the county where your divorce was filed to comply
with the Maintenance Guidelines Law ([S. 5678/A. 7645], Chapter 269, Laws of 2015)
because you may not have counsel in this action to advise you. It does not mean that your
spouse is seeking or offering an award of “Maintenance” in this action.
Maintenance” means the amount to be paid to the other spouse for his or her support,
either during the pendency of the divorce action as temporary maintenance or after the
divorce is final as post-divorce maintenance.
You are hereby given notice that under the Maintenance Guidelines Law (Chapter 269, Laws
of 2015), there is an obligation to award the guideline amount of maintenance on income up
to $178,000 to be paid by the party with the higher income (the maintenance payor) to the
party with the lower income (the maintenance payee) according to a formula, unless the
parties agree otherwise or waive this right. Depending on the incomes of the parties, the
obligation might fall on either the Plaintiff or Defendant in the action.
There are two formulas to determine the amount of the obligation. If you and your spouse
have no children, the higher formula will apply. If there are children of the marriage, the
lower formula will apply, but only if the maintenance payor is paying child support to the
other spouse who has the children as the custodial parent. Otherwise the higher formula will
apply.
[UCS Rev. 6/2016 eff. 8/1/16 (8/12/16 version)]
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