No-fault divorce makes it easy for men to escape marriage.
Nov 12, 2012
It's untrue that a no-fault divource will make it easy for men to escape a marriage.Today, women initiate two-thirds of all divorces. According to sources, "some of the reasons for this may be women's ...
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Mediation means that the divorcing spouses still must hire lawyers to file the divorce.
Nov 12, 2012
Mediation may make it easy for a divorcing couple to file pro se.Legal advice and strategy when couples cannot come to agreement about the terms and conditions of their divorce are the most expensive p...
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Equitable distribution
Nov 12, 2012
Equitable distribution means that both of the spouses get half and equal shares of the marital estate.
False. Equitable distribution means that the division of the property will be fair. That does not ...
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It's easier to be single because the freedom to come and go means less stress and more money for you
Nov 12, 2012
False. "Married people are healthier emotionally and physically and they have more wealth too," says Dr. Diana Kirschner, writing in Agenda Magazine. "Study after study has shown that love relationship...
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Second marriages are more successful than first marriages.
Nov 12, 2012
Probably the most popular divorce myth in constant circulation concerns the durability of second marriages. It goes like this: "Because people learn from their bad experiences, second marriages tend to...
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Living together before getting married provides a better chance of staying married.
Nov 12, 2012
Right after the myth of second marriages comes the myth of cohabitation. "Living together before marriage is a good way to reduce the changes of eventually divorcing." This idea, which has become very ...
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Children typically fair well during and after a divorce.
Nov 12, 2012
One of the more popular divorce myths goes like this: "Divorce may cause problems for many of the children who are affected by it, but by and large these problems are not long lasting and the children ...
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Children of divorced parents are more likely to get a divorce.
Nov 12, 2012
The pain and suffering of first divorces, which does not improve the odds for second marriages, appears to have no transfer value to the children of broken marriages. In fact, the reverse is true; pare...
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Children are better off in step-families than single families.
Nov 12, 2012
According to sources, some 1300 new stepfamilies are launched each day, yet despite the hopes of the second timers who make these new ventures, the marriages of these new partners fail even more freque...
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Is there such a thing as a "friendly divorce"?
Nov 12, 2012
The idea of the "friendly" divorce seems plausible to people who have never been divorced. Sometimes couples married a year or so realize they made a mistake and more or less agree to end it - or at le...
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