Relates to automatic orders in matrimonial actions

New notice rule for divorce cases

Beginning 60 days after enactment, the plaintiff must serve the court’s automatic orders with the summons in new matrimonial cases. The orders bind the plaintiff when the summons is filed, and bind the defendant when served. They stay in effect until a divorce judgment, or until the case is dismissed, discontinued, or stayed, unless changed by court order or written agreement. For cases filed on or after that date, if either party gets notice of a tax lien, foreclosure, bankruptcy, a lawsuit or filing, or a lifted bankruptcy stay that could harm the marital estate, that party must notify the other in writing within 10 days.