"Divorce sucks no matter how you slice it...but I'm not sure I understand why a "fault" divorce is better than a "no fault" divorce. "
You can easily see the huge jump in divorce rates, state -by-state, as NF laws went into place over the years. Also, the husbands of housewives earned more money in states without NF. It seems that investment in marriage is subconsciously affected by NF laws. (See "The case for marriage" by Waite and Gallagher) That leads to less investment, and greater divorce rates, particularly of the middle-range, "it could be better" types of marriages going through a rocky time.
Additionally, with NF laws, a divorce can be granted over the objections of one spouse, who is not at fault. It used to be assumed that the contract could only be broken for a good reason. Now the contract is more of an agreement to live together "for now", and can be broken at any time, by either party.
If you had a business partner, what kind of contract would you prefer? A real one? Or an "until I change my mind" contract? Which business partner would you trust more?
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