WHEN WERE THE DIVORCE LAWS IN THE US RELAXED TO ALLOW DIVORCES WITHOUT HAVING TO “GO TO MEXICO?”?

It is my correlation which in the 40’s/50’s dual people in the US who were tied together as well as longed for to divorce had to go to Mexico (or Las Vegas) to get one. Now many (if not all) states have most some-more magnanimous laws which concede divorce — generally if both partners wish it. When did which happen?

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p_l_gray August 29, 2010 at 2:05 am

Marriage and divorce laws are mandated on the state level, not the federal.

Nobody had to go to Mexico, they chose to go to Mexico.

David J August 29, 2010 at 2:05 am

I think in some cases it takes longer now then it did back then. Now they have seen the effects of divorce on kids, and some states have a waiting period. Years ago with less laws it was easier I think.

Arthur W August 29, 2010 at 3:00 am

In around the 70s with the onset of two wage earner families, divorces became more numerous and the courts instead of bucking the trend decided to go along with the trend and since then divorces have been rising everyday with no turn about in the near future. The baby boomers decided to ruin what your generation gave us as a sign of progress or to move on without ever realizing what they were doing. We are truly a product of our own society

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