Divorce In The United States
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Divorce involves the recognition that a marriage has hopelessly failed
and that at least one of the partners has no desire to continue the marital
relationship. Divorce legally dissolves a marriage, and permits the partners to
remarry if they choose. Divorce differs from an annulment, which declar ....
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.... retain separate laws. Because
divorce laws vary from state to state, the "migratory divorce" developed:
couples would move temporarily to a state where divorce was easier to obtain
than at home. For example, a couple living in New York State, where until 1967
the only grounds for divorce was adultery, would establish residence in Nevada -
- a procedure that took only 6 weeks -- and file for divorce on grounds of
mental cruelty.
Popular attitudes toward divorce changed as the United States ....
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