Divorces for Rockland County residents are filed in the Supreme Court, Rockland County, at One South Main Street in New City. Custody, child support and family offense petitions that are not part of a divorce go to the Rockland County Family Court in the same courthouse. Neuhaus & Yacoob represents Rockland clients in both courts, meets by phone or video, and coordinates the civil case with the Get for observant families.
At a glance
- Divorce court: Supreme Court, Rockland County, One South Main Street, New City, NY 10956.
- Family Court: Rockland County Family Court, 1 South Main Street, Suite 300, New City.
- Where to file: a county where either spouse lives or, if there are minor children, where a child lives (CPLR 515).
- Appeals from the Rockland courts go to the Appellate Division, Second Department, in Brooklyn.
- Prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements and uncontested divorces are offered for the fixed fees listed on those pages.
Supreme Court, Rockland County
One South Main Street, New City, NY 10956
Divorce, annulment and separation cases, and the custody, support and property issues decided inside them.
Rockland County Family Court
1 South Main Street, Suite 300, New City, NY 10956
Custody and visitation, child support, paternity, family offense petitions and child protective cases. It cannot grant a divorce.
Divorce in Rockland County, step by step
A divorce starts when one spouse files a summons with notice, or a summons and verified complaint, with the Rockland County Clerk (DRL § 211). You can file in Rockland if you or your spouse lives here or, if you have minor children, if a child lives here (CPLR 515), and New York's residency rules must also be met: generally one or two years of continuous residence by either spouse, with no minimum period when both spouses live in New York and the grounds arose here (DRL § 230). Most cases use the no-fault ground, a sworn statement that the marriage has broken down irretrievably for at least six months (DRL § 170(7)).
Once the summons is filed and served, the automatic orders apply. Without written consent or a court order, neither spouse may sell, hide or transfer property beyond usual household expenses, ordinary business or reasonable legal fees, or drop the other spouse or the children from health insurance (DRL § 236(B)(2)(b)). See our automatic orders guide.
- If you agree on everything. The settlement agreement and the court papers are prepared, your spouse signs a consent or is served and does not respond, and the papers go to the court for review. A judge signs the judgment if the papers are in order. See uncontested divorce.
- If you do not agree. The court can order temporary maintenance, child support and counsel fees while the case is pending, holds a preliminary conference that sets the schedule for financial disclosure, and decides what you cannot settle (22 NYCRR 202.16(f)). See contested and high-net-worth divorce.
- Before judgment. A no-fault judgment cannot be entered until property, maintenance, child support, counsel fees, and custody and parenting time are resolved by agreement or decided by the court (DRL § 170(7)).
How we approach contested cases
When a case has to be fought, we are prepared to try it. Our approach is aggressive, results-oriented advocacy: we prepare every matter as if it is going to trial, and we push for the best outcome the facts and the law support. Many cases settle through negotiation. When they do not, we litigate.
Rockland County Family Court
Family Court hears custody and visitation (Family Court Act Article 6), child support (Article 4), paternity (Article 5), family offense petitions for orders of protection (Article 8) and child protective cases (Article 10). It cannot grant a divorce. Parents who were never married, and married parents who are not divorcing, often start in Family Court. Once a divorce is pending, custody and support are usually decided by the Supreme Court justice assigned to the divorce. Custody is decided on the child's best interests (DRL § 240(1)(a)). See child custody and parenting time and Family Court and ACS defense.
Large families and child support
Many Rockland families have four, five or more children, and the Child Support Standards Act works differently at that scale. The basic percentages are 17% of combined parental income for one child, 25% for two, 29% for three, 31% for four and no less than 35% for five or more, applied to combined income up to the cap of $193,000 (effective March 1, 2026). Above the cap, the court decides how much additional income to count and must explain its reasons. Reasonable child care costs while a parent works or studies and unreimbursed health costs are added to basic support, and the court may also add educational expenses such as tuition. When a parent learns in kollel or earns less than he or she could, the court may impute income. See child support for large families, kollel families and imputed income and our support calculator.
The Get and the Beis Din
For observant families, the civil judgment and the Get are separate steps that have to be planned together. When clergy performed the marriage, the filing spouse must swear before judgment that he or she has taken all steps solely within his or her power to remove barriers to the other spouse's remarriage, unless the other spouse waives this in writing (DRL § 253), and courts may consider a barrier to remarriage in property and maintenance decisions where appropriate (DRL § 236(B)(5)(h), (6)(o)). Financial disputes can be arbitrated before a Beis Din and the award confirmed in court under CPLR Article 75, but custody and parenting time cannot be decided by binding arbitration (Glauber v. Glauber, 192 A.D.2d 94 (2d Dep't 1993)). See Jewish divorce and the Get, Beis Din arbitration and our Monsey divorce lawyer page.
Agreements for Rockland couples
A prenuptial or postnuptial agreement must be in writing, signed by both spouses and acknowledged in the form required to record a deed (DRL § 236(B)(3)). We prepare prenups and postnups for Rockland couples, including halachic prenup provisions, and each signature can be acknowledged before a notary near you. See prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements and the Orthodox Jewish prenup guide.
Rockland communities we serve
We represent clients in all five Rockland towns, Clarkstown, Haverstraw, Orangetown, Ramapo and Stony Point, including Monsey, Spring Valley, New Square, Wesley Hills, Airmont, Pomona, Chestnut Ridge, Montebello, Suffern, New City, Nanuet, Nyack, Pearl River and Orangeburg. Families in Kiryas Joel and the rest of Orange County should see our Orange County and Kiryas Joel pages.
Working with a Brooklyn office
Most of the work does not require travel. Consultations are by phone or video, intake is completed online, and documents can be signed before a notary in Rockland. When your case needs a court appearance, we appear in New City. To begin, start your case online, book a consultation or call (718) 975-1123, Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 7 PM.