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Last April, President Bush enthusiastically signed into law the oddly-named Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act. This bill, representing the biggest overhaul of bankruptcy law in twenty-five years, was written in order to discourage "bankruptcy of convenience." Proponents of the bill, which included the credit card industry, say that the bill is necessary in order to stop an avalanche of bankruptcy filings by drug users and compulsive shoppers and gamblers. The law makes it harder to have debts wiped away, requires credit counseling for those considering bankruptcy, and holds attorneys responsible for paperwork errors by their clients in bankruptcy cases. The net result will probably be chaos, as fewer attorneys will handle bankruptcy cases, credit counselors will raise their fees, and more consumers with problem debt will be clueless as to what they should do next. Adding to the confusion are some new statistics that suggest that a large number of bankruptcies that are thought to be personal are actually business bankruptcies. As a result, the new law may be unfairly targeting consumers for punishment when they are not actually the biggest part of the problem. Worse, it could be harming small businesses.

A jury has rejected the case of a couple who have been fighting for two years. It’s just the latest example from a state that has bucked the no-fault-divorce trend.

SIMON and Chana Taub can’t stand each other. He claims she is a gold-digging liar, and she claims he abused her. The relationship has evidently gone sour.

New York remains only state in nation that won’t easily grant blameless divorce

New York - No one disputes the fact that Chana and Simon Taub hate each other. He claims she is a gold-digging liar. She claims he abused her. Things got so ugly during their divorce case that a court-ordered wall was put up in the couple’s Brooklyn house to keep them apart.

NEW YORK - No one disputes the fact that Chana and Simon Taub hate each other. He claims she is a gold-digging liar. She claims he abused her. Things got so ugly during their divorce case that a court-ordered wall was put up in the couple’s Brooklyn house to keep them apart.

NEW YORK (AP) — In New York, you can get just about anything,except a no-fault divorce. New York is the only state in the nation that won’t allow the speedy dissolution of a marriage without proof that one spouse is at fault, experts say.

N.Y. is the only state requiring fault in divorce cases. NEW YORK - Chana and Simon Taub can’t stand each other. He claims she is a gold-digging liar. She claims he abused her.

NEW YORK (AP) — In New York, you can get just about anything,except a no-fault divorce. New York is the only state in the nation that won’t allow the speedy dissolution of a marriage without proof that one spouse is at fault, experts say.

NEW YORK In New York, you can get just about anything — except a no-fault divorce. New York is the only state in the nation that won’t allow the speedy dissolution of a marriage without proof that one spouse is at fault, experts say. Adultery counts, but irreconcilable differences don’t.