Unilateral No-Fault Divorce to Come to New York State

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, which is the lone holdout in US. "Unilateral" means a spouse can invoke it
even though the other spouse does not want a divorce.

The following is a commentary to news that New York state is on the cusp of
enacting the law.

Stephanie Coontz, Divorce, No-Fault Style; The Case for Easier Marital
Splits in New York.
New York Times, June 17, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/opinion/17coontz.html?scp=3&sq=no%20fault%20divorce&st=cse

Note:
(a) well-nigh (adv): "ALMOST, NEARLY <well–nigh impossible>"
(b) jibe (vi): "to be in accord"


Quote:

"New York has been the holdout in insisting that a couple could get a no-
fault divorce only if both partners agreed to secure a separation decree and
then lived apart for one year.

"The economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers of the University of
Pennsylvania report that states that adopted no-fault divorce  experienced a
decrease of 8 to 16 percent in wives’ suicide rates and a 30 percent
decline in domestic violence.

"Contrary to conventional wisdom, it is more often the wife than the husband
who is ready to leave. Approximately two-thirds of divorces — including
those that come late in life — are initiated by wives.

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