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Divorce in the United States
Divorce involves the recognition that a marriage has hopelessly failed
and that at least one of the partners has no desire to continue the marital
relationship. Divorce legally dissolves a marriage, and permits the partners to
remarry if they choose. Divorce differs from an annulment, which declares a
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.... in court interpretations of existing laws and in new legislation
enacted by the states. Two tendencies merged, making possible the establishment
of new and easier grounds for divorce. The focus of state divorce, which
previously concerned itself with specifying legal grounds for divorce, shifted
to criteria concerning the breakdown of the marital relationship. This could be
seen in conditions that allowed divorce for alcoholism, drug addiction, or
nonsupport. Another tendency permitted divorce if both parties gave of
voluntarily separating and living ....
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