divorce
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- Divorce
- definition
- legal agreement to terminate a marriage
- studies
- Joan chandler (1993)
- if trends continue 40% of marriages will end in divorce
- N Dennis
- Marriages are sustained by emotional feelings from both parties
- Giddens (1992)
- confluent love
- love from satisfaction not practicality
- confluent love
- Fletcher
- women expect more from marriage
- Nicky Hart
- women working has put more stress on women
- conflict between workplace and roles in the home
- women working has put more stress on women
- Diana Gitting (19930
- women are disillusioned with marriage.
- Joan chandler (1993)
- Trends / statistics
- divorce increasing
- divorce rate
- 2001 rate = 157 000
- 1993 rate = 180 000
- 2000 rate = 155 000
- divorce applications
- 1911 - 859 applications 3/4 approved
- 1987 - 183000 applications 165 000 approved
- Divorce laws
- 1857 matrimonial causes act
- set up civil divorce courts, grounds for divorce = adultery, cruelty and dissertion
- 1937 matrimonial causes act
- extended grounds for divorce: drunkenness, insanity.
- 1949 legal aid and advice act
- provided financial help for those that couldn't afford legal fees
- 1969 divorce reform act
- removed need to "prove" grounds. no fault marriage after 2 years apart
- 1984 matrimonial proceedings act
- reduced time couples needed to be married from 3 years to 1 year
- 1996 family law act
- amount of time couples had to be married increased to 18 months.
- compulsory marriage counselling
- 1857 matrimonial causes act
- definition
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