Initially it would seem like a no fault divorce wouldn’t benefit woman in any way, but it actually gave them more power than expected. In fault divorces, there is a burden of proof needed to prove that the other party did something wrong, and if there was no substantial evidence of wrong-doing, they were stuck in that marriage. Now in California, couples can file for divorce without having to show fault on the others behalf. Typically couples file under “irreconcilable differences” (Find Law). There is a common misconception that in most states a couple that lives together for at least seven years will be married under common law. However, California does not recognize common law marriages and a couple can live together for over 20 years and they will still not be married under common law. However, California does have something called a Marvin claim which states that non-marital partners have the right for agreements for support and property sharing/splitting if they
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While there is still room for improvement, they have made some positive changes. (De Santis) The violations on restraining orders were happening all too often, so there was no mandatory arrest laws for restraining order violations to help enforce them. Now, domestic violence laws in California protects former spouses and cohabitants where prior to these new laws, only married couples were covered. Police are now required to remove all firearms at domestic violence scenes (De Santis). Law makers also realized that for many women, a main concern was finding someone to go once they left their spouse, so now there are funds, up to $2,000, for housing relocation for domestic violence victims (De Santis). There has also been improvements with victims rights, such as the victims getting a free copy of the domestic violence report. There is also mandatory arrest laws in California as well (De
While there is still room for improvement, they have made some positive changes. (De Santis) The violations on restraining orders were happening all too often, so there was no mandatory arrest laws for restraining order violations to help enforce them. Now, domestic violence laws in California protects former spouses and cohabitants where prior to these new laws, only married couples were covered. Police are now required to remove all firearms at domestic violence scenes (De Santis). Law makers also realized that for many women, a main concern was finding someone to go once they left their spouse, so now there are funds, up to $2,000, for housing relocation for domestic violence victims (De Santis). There has also been improvements with victims rights, such as the victims getting a free copy of the domestic violence report. There is also mandatory arrest laws in California as well (De