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I have an idea, I think marriage license should be limited to 10 yrs and requires renewals like passports. This way it gives couples an exit or a renewed vow to stay longer together. Sure, children complicates things but just like a failed marriage.
If things aren't working out after 10 yrs, a couple decides not to renew a marriage license is the same as a divorce anyways. Atleast there is closure and people can move on and not being stuck in their marriage forever.
Couples have an exit. Couples are free to terminate their marriages. Your idea wouldn't change that, nor would it eliminate the myriad legal, financial and personal complications that come with disentangling interconnecting lives.
Here's an idea:
Let's let couples marry, and have that marriage remain valid until one or the other or both decide to terminate it. You know, like we do now?
Divorces are nasty and expensive. Having a set expiration of marriages fulfills this without the nasty fighting. You must come to terms for a marriage license renewal or let it go.
There are men and women who are stuck in their marriages because it's too costly to go through a divorce or they're afraid a divorce will ruin their lives.
It would be the exact same thing with an expired marriage. Division of assets and child support/custody are the reasons why divorce gets messy. Those reasons don't disappear with the dissolution of a marriage through an expiration date.
Don't get married or have an ironclad pre-nup if you want an escape clause.
What prevents couples from initiating a "divorce" is not going to be solved by a time limit on marriage. The concerns about the future, the division of assets, etc, would all still exist and need to be resolved.
Divorces are nasty and expensive. Having a set expiration of marriages fulfills this without the nasty fighting. You must come to terms for a marriage license renewal or let it go.
There are men and women who are stuck in their marriages because it's too costly to go through a divorce or they're afraid a divorce will ruin their lives.
I would not stay in a bad relationship for one minute let alone ten years.
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I'm probably the most anti-marriage poster here but I see nothing wrong with it as it is structured now. It is similar to an at-will employment relationship; it goes on as both parties see fit and when one wants to end it they can legally. That is the way it should be. Not in terms.
I'm probably the most anti-marriage poster here but I see nothing wrong with it as it is structured now. It is similar to an at-will employment relationship; it goes on as both parties see fit and when one wants to end it they can legally. That is the way it should be. Not in terms.
If changes are made, then it should be made in the process of dissolution. Divorce costs too many people too much money in ridiculous legal fees. Especially in some states. NY for instance, only adopted "no fault" divorce a couple years ago to help ease some of the burden on taking everything through courts.
I'm probably the most anti-marriage poster here but I see nothing wrong with it as it is structured now. It is similar to an at-will employment relationship; it goes on as both parties see fit and when one wants to end it they can legally. That is the way it should be. Not in terms.
Exactly. Marriage isn't for everyone. If someone doesn't want to get married, they shouldn't. Limiting the marriage term wont help make the pain of divorce easier, and will not make people happier in a bad marriage.
ive said before that if someone does marriage, they should be forced to stay married for 5 or more years
might just make people think a lil more before they do it
the "oh, i'll just get a divorce" atitude will go out the window
couldnt legally get divorced for 5 yrs
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