No Fault Divorce in New York

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A no fault divorce doesn't require the demonstration of any wrong doing, like adultery or cruelty. The spouse filing for divorce only needs to say that the couple just can't get along and the marriage isn't working. New york was the last state finally adopt no fault divorce in two thousand ten it took a long time. So often as we start to see the divorce laws change, it's in response to people continuing to seek divorces.

This episode picks up where Episode 193 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order.

Blanche Molineux visited her husband while he was in prison for murder to keep up what she called the “ghastly pretense.” But eventually, she couldn’t keep it up anymore, and bought a train ticket to a place called "The Divorce Colony."

April White’s book is The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier.

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