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“Unilateral no-fault divorce clearly violates the 14th Amendment,” Beverly Willet, co-chair of the Coalition For Divorce Reform claimed earlier this year in the Washington Examiner. “Too ...
To date, every state in the U.S. has adopted a no-fault divorce option. However, 33 states still have a list of approved “faults” to file as grounds for divorce — ranging from adultery to felony conviction. In 17 states, married people only have the option of choosing no-fault divorce to end their marriages.
And states determine their own divorce laws, so national leaders can’t change policy. “Even in some of the so-called red states, it hasn’t gotten anywhere,” said Beverly Willett, co-chair of the Coalition for Divorce Reform, whose group has unsuccessfully attempted to convince states to repeal their no-fault divorce laws.
The group expanded into other states, changing its name to Divorce Reform in 1961. [74] With the increase in divorce rates in the 1960s and 1970s, more local grassroots men's organization grew up devoted to divorce reform, [74] and by the 1980s, there were a total of more than 200 fathers' rights groups active in almost every state. [75]
The group expanded into other states, changing its name to Divorce Reform in 1961. [1] With the increase in divorce rates in the 1960s and 1970s, more local grassroots men’s organizations grew up devoted to divorce reform, [1] and by the 1980s, there were a total of more than 200 fathers’ rights groups active in almost every state. [2]
He also states that divorce provides advantages for women such as automatic custody of the children and financial benefits in the form of child support payments. [48] Members of the FR movement also state that family courts are slow to help fathers enforce their parental rights, [ 49 ] [ 50 ] and are expensive and time-consuming.
In Canada, family law is primarily statute-based. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over marriage and divorce under section 91(26) of the Constitution Act, 1867. The main piece of federal legislation governing the issues arising upon married spouses’ separation and the requirements for divorce is the Divorce Act.
May Louise Seaton-Tiedeman (born May Louise Seaton; 16 August 1862 [1] – 22 October 1948) [2] was a prominent American-born campaigner in Britain for divorce law reform and women's suffrage, and an active member of the Ethical movement. [3]