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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.
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.
Though no-fault divorce was first legalized more than 50 years ago, it has long been sneered at in conservative circles, who see it as a danger to the sanctity of marriage and the concept of the ...
The Georgia Representative and fierce Trump ally pushed for a national divide between blue and red states
The road to Reno: A history of divorce in the United States (Greenwood Press, 1977) Chused, Richard H. Private acts in public places: A social history of divorce in the formative era of American family law (U of Pennsylvania Press, 1994) Griswold, Robert L. "The Evolution of the Doctrine of Mental Cruelty in Victorian American Divorce, 1790-1900."
There's no denying that divorce can take an overwhelming emotional toll on all parties involved. When you add the financial burden, the experience and process can be downright devastating. While ...
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.
Men's rights groups in the United States began organizing in opposition to divorce reform and custody issues around the 1960s. Up until this time, husbands held legal power and control over wives and children. [121] The men involved in the early organization claimed that family and divorce law discriminated against them and favored their wives ...