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An Oklahoma GOP lawmaker has filed a bill that could make it much harder for couples to get divorced. Dusty Deevers' "covenant marriage" bill would force couples (who opt in) to stay together except in the cases of abandonment, abuse, or adultery. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-l...

friendlyatheist.comOklahoma lawmaker's "covenant marriage" bill would make it harder to get divorcedGOP State Sen. Dusty Deevers wants to trap couples in marriages they can't escape except in extreme circumstances

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It seems odd that relationship laws vary by state/prov. In Canada for: - married couples: marriage, divorce, child & spousal support, & parenting are covered by federal law with property division iaw prov law. - non-married couples: its all through prov law. I think a single fed std would be better.

This is why I finally filed divorce after the man-baby was re-installed, despite not really having the funds to easily do so. I'm in Ohio, but ideologically, it's not far off from Oklahoma.

I practice law in Mississippi. We have irreconcilable differences divorce, where couples can divorce if both agree to get the divorce, and obviously we have fault based divorce. We don’t have “no fault” divorce where one party can obtain a divorce without proving grounds.

In 28 years I’ve only dealt with three cases where a party refused to agree to a divorce and the other didn’t have grounds. In my experience, even someone who doesn’t want a divorce will agree to be divorced when push comes to shove. You can’t make someone love you, or even be decent.

In the cases I’ve dealt with where one party refused the divorce, the couples ALL got divorced ultimately. So, given that, and given the “opt in” aspect of the law, I’m not sure that anything would practically change. Maybe some of you have experiences with divorce in the