Divorce Reform Page
Information, opinions and links about efforts to introduce consent-based
divorce or limit no-fault divorce in the U.S., and anti-divorce efforts
worldwide. Please tell me about
links to add. I am a divorce lawyer who believes in discouraging, restricting
and reducing divorce. I am also Executive Director of a new group called
Americans for Divorce Reform. I would
welcome any opportunity to write, speak to groups or talk to the media about
this issue, as would the group's other officers, Colleen Fannin and Jenny
Choo.
-- John Crouch
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Pro-reform materials:
**Attention, Users: Dead
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Introduction to Americans
for Divorce Reform
THE MARRIAGE MOVEMENT:
AN INTRODUCTION TO DIVORCE REFORM
Articles on
Covenant Marriage
Kathleen
Parker on Pope John Paul II and divorce
Michigan divorce reformers
Hekman and Dalman state their case
CHILDREN OF DIVORCE
-- P.B.S. Documentary with Fred Barnes
Useful quotes on divorce reform
End
No-Fault Divorce?" (Maggie Gallagher debates Barbara Dafoe Whitehead)
in First Things 75 (August/September 1997)
Breaking
Up is Easy to Do -- Wonderful, comprehensive booklet from The
Michigan Family Forum with citations to current research. 42 KB, so
may want to save and read offline, or order by calling (517) 374-1171.
"Is There Really a Fatherhood Crisis?" by Prof. Stephen Baskerville,
Independent Review 2004. Argues that the real problem is unilateral
divorce laws, not bad dads. html
| pdf
Official Catholic Church
Documents on Divorce
Why We Don't
Marry , by James Q. Wilson 2001
Quotations on divorce from Hillary R. Clinton,
It Takes a Village
Divorce in America
-- Radio show transcript with leading reformers
"The
Marriage of Your Choice" by Christopher Wolfe in First Things, Feb.
1995
Virginia's No-Fault Divorce Reform Bill -- Script
for the "Time Out" show with Jim Parmelee
Drumbeats for Divorce
Reform, by Elizabeth Schoenfeld
No-fault divorce reform would encourage healthy
marriages
No-fault
divorce "removed the guardrails"
CALIFORNIA FAMILY RECONCILIATION
INITIATIVE
RETHINKING DIVORCE by William
A. Galston
NO-FAULT
DIVORCE CAUSES ECONOMIC WOES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Fact sheet on No-Fault Divorce
from the Rocky Mountain Family Council, on how Divorce Hurts Women, Men,
and Kids, and What to do about it
LIBERTARIAN
CASE AGAINST NO FAULT DIVORCE, by Innes Fleming, J.D.
Covenant Marriage
Reformers Should Listen to Divorce Lawyers -- Carefully
The Divorce Revolution
in Retrospect and Prospect, by a British divorce lawyer [Available again;
extensive quotations also available]
Models of Marriage
Morals and the Law, by John Campion (on how idealistic elites misunderstood
how laws affect society) [Available again; extensive
quotations available]
Ruling class is uncomfortable
attacking its own divorce problem - Mitchell Pearlstein
TEN NOT-SO-TENTATIVE TRUTHS:
What Ought Society Do When Families Crumble?, by Chester Finn
Finding Fault With No-Fault Divorce,
by Tom McMillen
Ga. Rep. Brian Joyce's
Press Release on 1995 repeal bill
Gen. Xers sour on divorce
because they know it too well -- Grace Hsu
Family Research Council's
stand on divorce reform
Why Aren't Conservatives
Talking About Divorce? By Wm. Mattox, Policy Review
Poem about Covenant Marriage
Social historian says split-ups
are corroding American life (Whitehead)
Pastoral
letter of the Irish bishops on the subject (well worth reading by Americans)
How much does a divorce cost for
ordinary people?
What getting a divorce is really
like, by John Crouch
Kerby Anderson on Divorce
--" it is not our intent to criticize or condemn ... [but] to warn
those who think that divorce will solve all of their problems."
Divorce Statistics are Wrong--Lou Harris
The
Abolition of Marriage, by Maggie Gallagher
The Devaluation of Divorce: Cassedy
and Sullivan on the Myth of Dead Love and Irreconcileable Differences
Asian Family Law: How Half the
World Lives (Divorce in Korea and Japan)
Understanding Modern Divorce Clients
U.S. Example shows no-fault leads to Divorce
Military-Industrial Complex
ABOLISH NO-FAULT
DIVORCE? Michigan's divorce reform: Pro & con, by Rep. Dalman and Susan
Ager. Article is in frames, so if link redirected to main page, follow
links to "Legal Articles" and "Divorce"
David Boaz: Privatize Marriage
Adopting U.S. no-fault will help U.K. compete in
country music
"Americans
might be losing confidence in marriage" Says people want marriage,
but " the growing economic disparity in America will likely make lives
so unstable that fewer people will be deemed eligible to marry"
Helping the Real Victims of Divorce by Judy
Mann. Divorce litigation's awful effect on children and parents. Doesn't
prescribe a solution.
"Best interests of the children" should
be standard for allowing divorce
If divorce is more difficult, people will again
find ways of making the intact family work
Re-examining
the impact of no-fault divorce, by religion professor Michael Berger
Ending
'no fault' divorce aids liberty --Fr. Sirico
Just a Piece of Paper?
James Q. Wilson and others
Love
and the law -- "Christians are called to be salt in their society:
a force for preserving the institutions God has ordained"
No-fault divorce
and reform by Steve Rosenthal
"For the kids' sake" -- Our
Sunday Visitor article quoting Mary Ann Glendon extensively
Resources for Declaring
War On Divorce!
The five most destructive
words to the American family: Get On With Your Life
The Old Stigma:
How it worked, how it broke down
Study of Divorce
Settlements in a no Fault Divorce Environment (UK) [Temporarily unavailable]
Protect
marriage contract, Australian study urges [Temporarily unavailable;
extensive quotations available]
Meaningless marriage--and some legal rules that
make things worse
Divorce
bill needs more scrutiny
Divorce
is "a cure ... worse than the disease"
Adult Children of Divorce
NO-FAULT DIVORCE, FALSE ABUSE ACCUSATIONS AND CHILD
ABDUCTIONS
Parts of Policy Review Symposium on "Can
Government Save the Family?:
**William
A. Galston on Gov't role in family
**David
Blankenhorn --Find the Will
**James Dobson:
Revive the Marriage Culture
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