No-fault divorce

Studies indicate that 50 percent of marriages here in America will end in divorce. Financial difficulties, lack of communication and infidelity are some of the leading causes of and ending marriage. Many people focus solely on the effects that divorce has on children and teens, but what about their parents? What is life like after divorce, how does divorce affect a splitting couple and what caused it? According to a survey done from August 1st through August 29th of 2013, CFDA studies show…

“It’s cheaper to keep her”. If all married couples followed this advice the divorce rate would plummet to 50%, guaranteed. (We all know relationships go through test, trials, and tribulations and through the test of time will determine if that relationship will stand for crash and burn). But is divorce really necessary? In Eduardo Porter’s The New Mating Market, we see divorce as a major killer in every aspect of life; finances are affected, children are emotionally torn, social lives are left…

When two people want to get married, they assume that the marriage will last a lifetime. However, when actuality sets in, a reasonable quantity of married couples asks for a divorce. The divorce rate, especially in America, has transformed into part of the culture war, as more conservative observers see an increase in the divorce rate as a manifestation of moral decline. Initially, with the constant development of society, the interchange of modern marriage values is diversified. Values resolve…

involves sexual relations, and is formalized by legal contract, religious ceremony, or both. However, when actuality sets in, a reasonable number of married couples asks for a divorce. The divorce rate, especially in America, has transformed into part of the culture war, as more conservative observers see an increase in the divorce rate as a manifestation of moral decline. Initially, with the constant development of society, the interchange of modern marriage values is diversified. Values change…

William Lyon Phelps, who was a well-known American author, critic, and scholar once said “The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage”. Marriage is a life changing experience. People always ask, who’s that person that I am going to spend the rest of my life with? In an ideal marriage, one is with the person one loves and the two of them start a family together. Marriage gives them financial stability and it assures trust and commitment between them. There are people who will…

Were Romeo and Juliet really in love? According to the internet it at least takes a few weeks to fall in love with someone. Romeo and Juliet knew eachother for 5 days, so how could they have been “in love”? There is no way Romeo and Juliet were in love when they had known eachother in 5 days. Therefore, they never “fell in love”. Romeo and Juliet were two teenagers who were claimed to have fallen in love although they barely knew eachother. Romeo and Juliet were impulsive, Romeo had just gotten…

Over time marriage has changed from a political or economical arrangement to one of choices and love. Today, one of the major problems in romantic relationships is stress. Stress comes from many areas of a relationship which are unique to each relationship. While every relationship has its own stressors, the addition of a developmentally delayed child can cause problems to exponentially grow. Some frequent stressors that parent caregivers experience when dealing with a child who has…

While each of these women’s lifestyles varies, the way that their children are brought also vary and bring an amount of uncertainty. In Irene’s and Brian’s marriage, there are several discussions on how much their son Junior should know about reality. Irene, would rather have Junior live in oblivion of what the world is like and shelter him from the troubles he will have to face. Brian feels as though it would be best that as his parents, they inform him of the issues that are being faced in…

Duty: a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility. Between marriage, the duties of the husband and wife can sometimes differ apart from the different parties in the marriage. However, in many marriage relationships, there is one party who steps up and takes control and commands the duties of the wife and the husband. While many people believe that marital relationships are expressed and based around love and mutual respect, Shakespeare argues in his play The Taming of the Shrew that these…

Tooley propose that an if a child parents died and the child was left a big inheritance, such as a house, then the deed to the house would be held from them till the child is old enough to make a reasonable decision. I think he right in this sense. If the child was to young make a reasonable decision, the child could be taking advantage of since it does not understand the financial world. Thomson’s goal was to prove that it is sometimes morally permissible to abort a fetus under certain…