Cost of Weddings, Divorces in California
California’s claim to fame when it comes to weddings is the diversity of scenic venues and wedding themes. When it comes to divorce, however, California has been a leader! Divorce laws were generally more liberal in the West than in the rest of the country–California’s first divorce law in 1851 contained the following grounds for divorce: impotence, adultery, extreme cruelty, desertion or neglect, habitual intemperance, fraud, and conviction for a felony. In practice, the courts extended the definitions of these terms. California’s divorce rate was the highest in the world during the gold rush. The plaintiffs were invariably women, whose scarcity afforded them a wide variety of options.
California launched a legal revolution when the state enacted the first no-fault divorce law...read more>
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