This happens because it is easier to get a divorce in the country. The states that have the lowest number of divorce have policies that discourage divorce and makes it harder to obtain. Such policies include longer waiting between 18 and 24 months (Howe 411). If such policies are put in place, people get discouraged by the long tiring process of divorce and resort to solving their differences instead. This can help salvage marriages that were to end without concrete reasons or reasons that could be solved. However, Riley (1991) claims that when such policies are put in place and divorce made hard to get, people will start making their family lives hard and look for good reasons why they should get divorce. Even though divorce can harm children, not carrying out a divorce procedure can also be destructive. Restricting divorce leads to domestic violence, infidelity, cruelty to one’s spouses, and some even resort to abandoning their families (Howe
This happens because it is easier to get a divorce in the country. The states that have the lowest number of divorce have policies that discourage divorce and makes it harder to obtain. Such policies include longer waiting between 18 and 24 months (Howe 411). If such policies are put in place, people get discouraged by the long tiring process of divorce and resort to solving their differences instead. This can help salvage marriages that were to end without concrete reasons or reasons that could be solved. However, Riley (1991) claims that when such policies are put in place and divorce made hard to get, people will start making their family lives hard and look for good reasons why they should get divorce. Even though divorce can harm children, not carrying out a divorce procedure can also be destructive. Restricting divorce leads to domestic violence, infidelity, cruelty to one’s spouses, and some even resort to abandoning their families (Howe