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no_hypocrisy

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3. The other side of no-fault divorce is
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 06:16 AM
Mar 2024

it allows for a less traumatic uncoupling. For example, as a wife, maybe you could make a cogent case for adultery, but you opt for NF, just in order to get out of the marriage as quickly and safely as possible. You aren't locked into a bad marriage where your children suffer with you. When I was growing up, some classmates were whispered about as having come from a "broken home". Divorce is a rough ride unless you and your partner agree on just about everything and you can even avoid attorneys with divorce mediation, but that is far and few.

The potential harm to families and to society with the removal of no fault divorce is harrowing.

The legislation is wholly about control of women. Men are relatively more enlightened than their fathers and grandfathers, but that soon could change.

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