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‘No-fault’ Divorce a Cause for High Divorce Rate?

A ‘no-fault’ divorce basically means that if one side of a marriage wants out, it’s going to happen - and many states have divorce laws that allow it to happen this way.

According to the executive director of Community Marriage Builders, these laws only encourage couples to ‘take the easy way out.’

The law, originally enacted to help avoid bitter custody battles, has now gotten to a point of misuse, and according to one expert, divorce rates have increased more than 350 percent since the law was first put in place in 1969, only in Calif. Other states have since followed suit.

Some people now believe that the no-fault divorce law is unfair to a spouse who does not wish to divorce, because it could force the divorce upon them either way, taking away part of their rights as a spouse in the first place.

As a result of the no-fault divorce laws in several states, many experts believe divorce rates have skyrocketed - and may have even increased profits for divorce lawyers.

Some lobbying has been done to reverse these no-fault divorce laws, but as of yet no changes have been made.

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    One way or another, divorce is still a difficult process. I still believe it is rare for someone to actually enter the marriage with the intent of divorce.

  11. West Hollywood Private Investigator Says:
    September 29th, 2009 at 8:12 am

    But what about the change is social astigmatism towards divorce? Seems the peer pressure to stay together is less also.

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    September 29th, 2009 at 8:17 am

    An interesting place to stumble. I would be curious to learn more about the stats comparing different states’ rates in those years.

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    This is why I love when I get to work with elderly couples that have been married for over 50 years. They beat the odds.

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