Casual acceptance of no-fault divorce many years ago not only altered the ecology of marriage but also of anthropology itself ...

“First comes love, then comes marriage” – so goes the classic children’s rhyme. But not everyone agrees. Increasingly, the idea that love is the most important reason to marry – or at least to stay ...

Many politicians have been paying increasing attention to no-fault divorce. It began in 1969 when then-Governor Ronald Reagan signed it into law in California. Afterward, states across the country ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Married couples across the U.S. have had access to no-fault divorce for more than 50 years, an option many call crucial to supporting domestic abuse victims and key to ...

The concept of legally binding covenant marriages is spreading across the nation, but as of 2024, Arizona, Arkansas, and Louisiana are the only states to recognize covenant marriage. Several other ...

As the Trump administration continues its opening barrage of contentious executive actions targeting federal protections for marginalized Americans, legislators at the state level are taking another ...

Married couples across the U.S. have had access to no-fault divorce for more than 50 years, an option many call crucial to supporting domestic abuse victims and key to preventing already crowded ...

Getting a peaceful divorce could soon become much more difficult for married couples in Texas Conservative lawmakers are pushing to end no-fault divorce laws, which allow couples to divorce without ...

For much of American history, getting divorced required more than the simple assertion that a marriage had failed. It required fault. A spouse seeking to dissolve a marriage had to prove that the ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Recently, I attended a media lunch hosted by a book publisher during which, just as ...

I think of the marriages in my life as “my marriages”—the ones I can claim—most of which ended in divorce. My parents’, my grandparents’, my own. My mom’s mother was married twice, divorced twice, and ...