• Lizardon
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    No, it’s a bad thing because without no-fault divorce laws someone could very easily be trapped in an abusive relationship with no recourse.

    • dartos@reddthat.com
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      Doesn’t no-fault mean that either party can get a divorce for any reason?

      Am I misunderstanding what “no-fault” means here?

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        1 year ago

        Maybe?

        From the Wikipedia:

        Fault-based grounds usually include mental cruelty, but true mental cruelty has a psychological component that can make it very difficult for the abused spouse to articulate that abuse. More to the point, the abused spouse may be terrified to describe the relationship on paper and testify about it in a court. And of course, a controlling partner will always choose the path of most resistance to whatever it is that the other spouse wants.[14]

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-fault_divorce

      • CorrosiveCapital@lemmy.world
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        Read the article. Republicans are against no fault divorce, so they want the man to have to approve in order for his wife to divorce him. It’s a way to enslave women.

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      They can prove abuse, as mentioned in the article. It shouldn’t be hard if they are being abused.

      • s20
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        I…

        Wow.

        Just curious, but… why do you think no-fault divorce got signed into law in the first place? And do you really think abuse is always “obvious”?

        Like, yeah, sometimes it’s black eyes and broken bones, but a lot of abuse is much more subtle and hard to prove. Even setting that aside (and let me be clear: we absolutely should not set it aside), shouldn’t people be able to get out of a marriage before it racks up hospital bills?

        I’m married. If, at any point, my wife felt unsafe around me, I would expect her to leave. At that point, I would have violated the sanctity of our marriage, and she shouldn’t have to fucking prove it to anyone, me included.