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... > contexts > population characteristics > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > types of divorce > at-fault divorce
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > types of divorce > at-fault divorce

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at-fault divorce  

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  • Today all 50 states and the District of Columbia have some provision on their books for securing the nonadversarial dissolution of marriage through no-fault divorce. Nevertheless, until 1970, when California became the first state to institute no-fault, divorce was attainable only by attributing blame for the breakdown of the marriage to one of the spouses. [Source: Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia; At-Fault Divorce]

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