His wife incessantly asked for a divorce, based on the reasoning that he was "too backward to accept new things, and the two were growing farther and farther apart." And according to California law, if only one side is willing to proceed with divorce, it goes into effect.
太太不斷以「不能追求新東西就落伍，兩人差距愈來愈大」的理由要求離婚，而加州法律的規定是，只要一方同意離婚，就生效了。