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  2. Divorce in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is commonly claimed that half of all marriages in the United States eventually end in divorce, an estimate possibly based on the fact that in any given year, the number of marriages is about twice the number of divorces. [91] Amato outlined in his study on divorce that in the late of 1990s, about 43% to 46% of marriages were predicted to end ...

  3. History of marriage in California - Wikipedia

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    1850 statehood to 1872. On September 8, 1850, California entered the US as the 31st state of the union. At the time marriage statutes described marriage as "a civil contract to which the consent of the parties is required" [9] with gender specific pronouns applied to "husband" and "wife". Later court decisions and some statutes dating from both ...

  4. Timeline of civil marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1913 – The federal government formally recognizes marriage in law for the first time with the passage of the Revenue Act of 1913. 1929 – All states now have laws regarding marriage licenses. 1933 – Married women granted right to citizenship independent of their husbands.

  5. No-fault divorce - Wikipedia

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    No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. [1] [2] Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party of the marriage without requiring the petitioner to provide evidence that the defendant has committed a breach of the marital contract.

  6. Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner Finalize Their ... - AOL

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    Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner finalized their divorce on Feb. 15, 2024, after a high-profile and contentious split -- but their relationship wasn't always rocky.Just one day before ...

  7. Grounds for divorce (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In 1969-1970, California became the first state to pass a purely no-fault divorce law, i.e., one which did not offer any fault divorce grounds. [29] They chose to terminate all fault grounds for divorce and utilized single no-fault standards making divorce easier and less costly. [ 29 ]

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