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The simple answer is: your wife doesn't have to sign or do anything for you to get divorced. If NY has jurisdiction, you file here and then ensure she gets ``served'' with the papers. Once that's done, you wait a bit, and if she does nothing, your divorce paperwork can be submitted to the court.
Yes, you can file without your husband's knowledge and consent. You have a constitutional right to marry whomever you like, with some narrow exceptions (eg some minors, some people you are related to, same sex persons in some states, etc.). You have about the same right to divorce, pretty much at will.
New York's “No Fault” Ground: What is “irretrievable breakdown of the marriage”? An irretrievable breakdown of the marriage allows one spouse, unilaterally, to end a marriage and to do so without the agreement of the other spouse.
In New York, if you can't find your spouse to serve them the divorce paperwork, you need to do a Publication Divorce. A Publication Divorce is the only way to divorce a missing spouse.
Although you can complete a divorce without your spouse's consent, you must take steps to notify him or her of your intention to divorce. If you cannot locate your spouse, you can still file for divorce, but only after you have taken steps to attempt to locate and serve him or her with the divorce papers.
You file your divorce papers in the state where you are a resident. The other side doesn't have to ``sign'' anything. file your papers and have the other side served with papers. if the other side does not respond within the time allowed by law you can take a default and get a judgment.
The court will not keep you in a marriage when you do not want to stay, regardless of what your spouse wants. In New York, when a divorce petition is filed and served, and the respondent fails to respond by the deadline, the judge can grant a default or “no signature required” divorce.
California is a no-fault divorce state, meaning you can end your marriage without stating a reason for wanting to do so. You can also divorce your spouse without their consent or even receive a response from them, as long as you have made a reasonable effort to contact them.