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    Thumbs up Should Australia do away with no-fault divorce?

    Hi, Im a foreign student who needs to know whetr u think Australia should do away with no fault divorce? It's been the subject for some debate, which is why I chose to do it for research.please help. i would be glad for your opinions. Thanks for your time.

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    Default Re: Should Australia do away with no-fault divorce?

    Fault-based divorce is usually more costly, more difficult on the spouses, more difficult for the children, more time-consuming, and more likely to have negative consequences on how the spouses relate after divorce. Beyond that, what's not to like about it.

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    Default Re: Should Australia do away with no-fault divorce?

    Well, there's the debate that divorce is rather easy to obtain under no-fault divorce. One spouse apply for a divorce and the other one doesnt have to agree. Isn't it rather unfair if that othr spouse doesnt want the divorce? What would happen to the children? As far as i know, Australia didnt have this problem when they had fault divorce . That, at least is wat ive found out...

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    Default Re: Should Australia do away with no-fault divorce?

    You mean, back in the fault days, people didn't have children?

    Or are you referencing back to something different - the "tender years" era, where mothers almost always got custody of small children, or the preceding era where children were viewed as belonging to (and thus belonging in the custody of) the father?

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    Default Re: Should Australia do away with no-fault divorce?

    I mean, of course people had children. But im referring to these days, when no-fault divorce is dominant. I mean, one parent just has to want out and the children suddenly end up with a broken home, and family. Isn't that rather unfair on the children? They dont even have any say in the matter.

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    Default Re: Should Australia do away with no-fault divorce?

    You mean, as compared to the good old days where parents who detested each other stayed together "for the good of the children"? Actually, more typically, one spouse would take the rap for something like "cruel and indifferent behavior" (or whatever the most innocuous "grounds" were for a fault-based divorce) so that the divorce would proceed.

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