> Jordan Hayes wrote:
>
>>> Rules are hard to write and interpret
>>> and nerver cover all the situations you want to cover.
>>
>> Boy, good luck buying a house in places like New York.
>
> Or divorced. Even when two parties agree and nothing is in dispute,
> you need a lawyer - and some bogus reason, like "adultery" or
> "constructive abandonment." "It's over" doesn't count.
In New York--not so most other places in the U.S.