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More hypocrisy from the keep gubment out of our lives crowd. The goverment should be allowed to tell people they can't legally seperate from someone they likely hate. All this after saying the government has a right to tell people who and who they can't marry. So much for "freedom"
NY will become the 50th and final state to instate this law, which will unfortanetly probably increase the divorce rate, which is currently 38.7% according to the NY Daily News, the third lowest divorce rate in the country. I say we repeal this law in every state, it's done nothing but add to the breakdown of marriages and families.
No you are wrong. The law has nothing to do with the break down in marriages. People are the cause.
NY will become the 50th and final state to instate this law, which will unfortanetly probably increase the divorce rate, which is currently 38.7% according to the NY Daily News, the third lowest divorce rate in the country. I say we repeal this law in every state, it's done nothing but add to the breakdown of marriages and families.
It won't increase the divorce rate.... If you're gonna get divorced, you're gonna get divorced. I don't think people should be forced to blame each other if their divorce truly is amicable. If the justice system forces you to lie, then it's not really just.
Knew two different couples that got a divorce and remarried only to get another divorce.
Actually, re-"marriages" (which aren't even valid in my opinion...the spouse remains married to the person they "divorced") have an even greater chance of ending in divorce than first marriages. Two newlyweds, marriage-naive, have about a 50% chance of divorce; I think this increases to about 60-70% for divorcees.
I am tired of reading posts from men who oppose no fault divorce on the grounds that a woman will marry them just to take their property. Why don't you research something before you speak? With no fault divorce the only property that gets divided is property that was accumulated during the marriage. Also, alimony is not paid. It is fair for the noncustodial parent to pay child support and dividing up property that was accrued during the marriage is fair.
Yet it allows divorce for impotence. I guess libs love to pick and choose which disabilities are protectworthy, eh?
What's your point?
Reading MA's statute, they have two ways to get divorced: "no fault" and "fault." "No fault" is when you simply allege in your Complaint/Petition for divorce that the marriage is "irretrievably broken."
Most people would opt to simply allege "irretrievable brokenness." It's simpler, faster, and doesn't drag your marital drama and problems through the mud for the whole world to see.
If you want to go the "fault" route, however, you have the following options:
Fault:
Adultery, impotency, utter desertion continued for one year next prior to the filing of the complaint, gross and confirmed habits of intoxication caused by voluntary and excessive use of intoxicating liquor, opium, or other drugs, cruel and abusive treatment, or, if a spouse being of sufficient ability, grossly or wantonly and cruelly refuses or neglects to provide suitable support and maintenance for the other spouse. (Massachusetts General Laws - Chapter 208 - Sections: 1, 1A, 1B and 2)
"Impotency" being a holdover in the law, of course, from the old days that many conservatives would like to see come back... when marriage was considered just for making babies.
I just wish I had half the money divorce attorneys have made before 'no fault' divorce was an option.
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