YC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Uniform Act, Zoophilia, Tender Years Doctrine
31 May 2020
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Meaning of divorce as a process: what is divorce, legal end of marriage, official/state-recognized dissolution of a martial relationship, divorce as a process. It is a product of a list of events: loss of affection, financial/emotional struggles, conflict that causes pain, effects continue after dissolution of marriage. Imprisonment for more than 2 years: failure to consummate the marriage, having lived separately for a number of years, dissolution of marriage after a trial, spike in divorces, divorce act of 1985 amplified divorce procedures. Introduced single unified reason for divorce: marriage breakdown adultery, physical abuse, mental cruelty, proof of one-year separation. Introduced no-fault divorces (uncontested divorces) couples could avoid the courts by not suing for divorce; filing for divorce jointly, moved away from maternal preference, best interests of the child" for custody (joint custody) Lecture 11: other views, fatherlessness is harmful to children, higher level of depression, delinquent behaviour, lower academic performance, earlier/more sexual experiences, lower feelings of closeness to fathers.
