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The party filing for the divorce must prove that the other party has done something to justify ending the union. [8] Different states have different requirements for obtaining a fault divorce but in each state the spouse filing for the divorce is required to establish a reason for the divorce and provide evidence of the other party’s guilt. [8]
Neither party is held responsible for the failure of the marriage. On the other hand, in at fault divorces, one party is asking for a divorce because they claim the other party did something wrong that justifies ending the marriage. [5] Grounds for at fault divorce include adultery, cruelty, abandonment, and criminal conviction. [5]
Mississippi initiated the trend in 1839 with its Married Women's Property Act that allowed married women to own property. Any attempt by her husband to collect debt could not reach property only she owned. She had the right to refuse to sell the property, but could not manage that property or sell it without her husband's consent.
Lenore Weitzman's 1985 book The Divorce Revolution, using data from California in 1977-78, reported that one year after divorce, the standard of living for women declined 73%, compared with an increase of 42% for men. Richard Peterson calls Weitzman's methodology into question, using the same data to calculate a 27% decrease for women and a 10% ...
Reeves drew loud cheers from his own supporters when he talked about two laws he signed — one in 2021 that bans transgender people from playing girls' or women's sports, and one this year that ...
Matt Baron/Shutterstock Things are seemingly getting messy. Kevin Costner has reportedly taken legal action to get his estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner, out of their shared home. The ...
No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. [1] [2] Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party of the marriage without requiring the petitioner to provide evidence that the defendant has committed a breach of the marital contract.
'It's just been very difficult': Mississippi widow deemed a squatter, saying she lost her home of nearly 20 years to a deed scam — here's what happened and how to protect yourself Bethan ...