My parents divorced when I was little. It was ugly, but they felt the need to terminate their marriage.
Really?
Yes, really. They had to go to court to determine alimony, child custody and child support. It was a long process.
What happened? Why did they have to divorce?
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
because there was no evident stress from any child in relation to any of these things until they were questioned [by their parents]." Le Page said that in his experience, children and adults who had been abused usually expressed distress when recounting their experiences of abuse. "It's not until they really come to terms with what has happened to them that their emotions will stabilise." The complainants showed little or no distress when describing acts of abuse during their interviews and when later testifying in court.
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