Founder, Express Divorce
Elena Giannattasio has practiced matrimonial and family law since 2014, handling matters ranging from straightforward divorces to complex interstate and international family-law disputes.
After years working on cases involving custody, jurisdiction, significant assets, and cross-border families, she saw the same problem repeatedly: people with an agreed divorce were often forced into a process designed for conflict.
Express Divorce was created to offer a different approach—professional New York divorce documents, clear procedural support, and access to attorney guidance when it is actually needed.
Ask Elena
Complex cases need sophisticated lawyering. But that does not mean a straightforward divorce should be made artificially complicated.
After years practicing matrimonial law, I became convinced that the level of legal work should match the actual needs of the case. If two people have resolved their issues, they should have a clear and professional way to complete the divorce without automatically entering a traditional litigation model.
That is the idea behind Express Divorce: sophisticated simplicity where simplicity is appropriate.
Divorce documents are not useful simply because someone can download them. They have to reflect the actual marriage, the agreement between the spouses, and the requirements of New York procedure.
Express Divorce is designed around that distinction. We collect the relevant information, prepare personalized New York uncontested-divorce documents, and offer different levels of support depending on how much help the client wants with filing, signatures, or attorney review.
The goal is not more paperwork. It is a clearer process.
No. Some uncontested divorces still involve legal questions that deserve attorney attention.
A couple may agree but still have a home, retirement assets, maintenance, children, or a detailed settlement agreement. Other cases involve issues that should not be handled through a simplified service at all.
The important question is not whether every client needs a lawyer or no client needs a lawyer. It is what level of legal support this particular divorce requires.
That is why Express Divorce offers different levels of assistance rather than treating every case the same way.
Absolutely. Complexity and conflict are not the same thing.
A divorce may involve children, real estate, retirement accounts, or substantial assets and still remain uncontested if the spouses have reached agreement on the terms that need to be resolved.
What makes a case contested is not the existence of those issues. It is whether the court is being asked to decide them.
First, understand whether you are genuinely in agreement.
Second, understand what the service actually provides. Document preparation, filing assistance, mediation, and legal advice are different services and should not be presented as though they are interchangeable.
And finally, know when the case has moved beyond a simplified process. If there are hidden assets, serious custody disputes, domestic violence, jurisdictional issues, or significant unresolved legal questions, the right answer may be experienced legal representation.
Elena Giannattasio, Esq.
Founder, Express Divorce
International & Multi-Jurisdictional Family Law
Experience handling divorce, custody, support, jurisdiction, and enforcement issues across multiple jurisdictions.
Complex Cases, Clear Strategy
Work involving interstate and international custody, UCCJEA, UIFSA, Hague Convention matters, and sophisticated matrimonial disputes.
A Simpler Path for Agreed Cases
Express Divorce was created to give qualifying New York couples a clearer, more proportionate way to complete an uncontested divorce.