(Greenvale, NY) – Elizabeth Petrakis made national headlines when she succeeded in having her prenuptial agreement overturned—a groundbreaking decision that will impact future divorce cases. On April 8th, she will discuss the landmark ruling – and the company she founded to help to help other men and women empower and protect themselves before, during and after a divorce–on ABC’s The View.
“I truly believe that knowledge is power, particularly when it comes to arming yourself with information and facts surrounding divorce,” says Petrakis. “Divorce Prep Experts provides people with access to experts and information that can help them plan ahead and make the right decisions when it comes to divorce.”
 Elizabeth Petrakis, who made national headlines when she succeeded in having her prenuptial agreement overturned. |
As a survivor of the arduous and confusing process of divorce, Petrakis brings a personal approach to the company and its mission. A single mother of three school-aged children, she represented herself (Pro-Se) to argue her case before Nassau County’s Supreme Court Justice. Her pre-nup victory was featured on the front cover of the New York Law Journal in 2011. In February, 2013, in what lawyers have called a landmark ruling, a New York appeals court upheld the judge’s decision to void the prenuptial agreement that Petrakis had been fraudulently induced into signing days before her 1998 wedding, with false promises that the document would be ripped up once the couple had children. This case and the groundbreaking ruling is believed by many to be precedent-setting, and is expected to have major implications on future divorce cases.
Petrakis’ Divorce Prep Experts’ is known for 3-hour informational seminars which give attendees access to a panel of experts covering all areas of divorce. Experts presenting at the next seminar on April 24th at The Maguire Theatre at SUNY Old Westbury. Experts presenting at the seminar include a former judge (Judge Dana Mitchell Jaffe), a divorce attorney and mediator (Vikki S Ziegler Payne, author of The Pre-Marital Planner), a financial advisor, a divorce mediator, a child psychologist, a family therapist, an insurance specialist, a life coach, a forensic accountant, a private investigator and Dennis D’Antonio, Petrakis’s trial counsel. Divorce Prep Experts will be giving 100 seats to local charities—a quarter of the Maguire Theatre’s capacity – to ensure that men and women with financial constraints will have access to the information that can help them navigate divorce.
Divorce Prep Experts is a New York benefit corporation. Divorce Prep Experts is a New York benefit corporation. Benefit Corporations are a new class of corporation that creates a material positive impact on society and the environment; expands fiduciary duty to require consideration of non-financial interests when making decisions; and reports on its overall social and environmental performance using recognized third party standards. DPE’s next seminar is on April 24 from 7p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Maguire Theatre at SUNY Old Westbury College, 213 Store Hill Road (Route 107 North) in Old Westbury. Seating for this event is limited – To register, visit www.divorceprepexperts.com or call 1-800-377-0067 for more information.
