“Divorce” Good or Bad?
By Blue Rose on Thursday, 26 of March , 2009 at 4:07 pm
Issues on making the “I do” undo.
Nearly half of all U.S. Marriages end in divorce; Is California to blame? In 1969, then Governor Ronald Reagan signed the “no-fault” divorce law, making it easier for couples to end a marriage – requiring no proof of adultery, abuse or other spousal wrong doing – and spurring a trend. Within five years, 30 other states jumped on the bandwagon; now all 50 have passed similar laws.
When the children are involve and both parents have agreed to the divorce, the couple has to participate in a “pre-divorce educational program” and comply with court-monitored support payments and parental-custody arrangements, which, says proponents, will best address the needs of the children rather than those of the parents.
“No fault divorce laws supposedly did away with acrimony in dissolving marriages,” says Jenny, “but it is the children who suffer the most painful consequences.” Her goal, she said, is to protect non consenting spouses and children caught in the middle, not to eliminate divorce or preserve traumatic or abusive marriages. “There are however, many marginal relationships that may be saved,” she adds.
But opponents – namely, divorce lawyers and women’s rights and domestic violence groups – says a return to the old laws will mean more vicious courtroom tactics and invasions of privacy, as well as an increase in spousal abuse and deserted children.
Making divorce difficult will not make bad marriages good. More attentions needs to be placed on developing educational programs to create better marriages in the first place.
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