Divorce Law in the US scares me. It seems so cruel and makes marriage appear too risky.
Divorce laws are different state to state.  Some divorces are as early as 5 days after marriage, some as late as 30 years after marriage
The thing that bothers me is the way in which assets are divided. It seems like it takes only one of the partners to make the decision to destroy the other.
I agree, or it takes a judge who shows more favor to one partner than the other .  Even
My girlfriend really wants to get married. I would too if the laws didn't pose so much risk.
WHen we read about the statistics of how marriages end in divorce after a few years, it makes one wonder why they got married to begin with.  Domestic violence is a leading cause for divorce
Domestic violence is an interesting thing too. We always seem to hurt the ones we love. Maybe that's why divorce runs so rampant.
spouses informally stop cohabiting). Reasons for divorce vary, from sexual incompatibility or lack of independence for one or both spouses to a personality clash.
The only countries that do not allow divorce are the Philippines, the Vatican City and the British Crown Dependency of Sark. In the Philippines, divorce for non-Muslim Filipinos is not legal unless the husband or wife is an alien and satisfies certain conditions. The Vatican City is an ecclesiastical state, which has no procedure for divorce. Countries that have relatively recently legalized divorce
Conflict of divorce laws
In modern society, the role of marriage and its termination through divorce have become political issues. As people live increasingly mobile lives, the conflict of laws and its choice of law rules are highly relevant to determine:
- the circumstances in which people may obtain divorces in states in which they have no permanent or habitual residence; and
- when one state will recognize and enforce a divorce granted in another state
The problems.
When people's lives were mostly confined to a single state