Did anyone mention that in some states to get a divorce you have to be separated for a year (NY)?
Because you might change your mind? What's the rationale behind making that official?
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'Potential'
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§ ita § - Jun 04, 2007 12:57:35 pm PDT #991 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
bon bon - Jun 04, 2007 1:00:56 pm PDT #992 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Because you might change your mind? What's the rationale behind making that official?
Most states want marriages to be hard to end, because they are in the public interest. States like Nevada have no-fault divorces, and that's where people go to get "quickie divorces."
ET fix mistake about no-fault divorces.
Allyson - Jun 04, 2007 1:01:14 pm PDT #993 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Their current res is West Virginia, bon.
I like the guy, genuinely enough. Weirdly, part of it is how much respect goes into talking about his wife. They were married for 13 years, her dream job is in WV, his is here. They tried for a long time before they just sort of petered out. So there isn't any weird animosity, no cheating, no huge fights...the marraige just sort of passed away. So there's a mournful quality to him, not anger.
Of course, I only hear his perspective. It's hard to not believe it, though, when he speaks highly of her and misses her. It seems terribly sad, to me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 04, 2007 1:03:55 pm PDT #994 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My ex and I were like that, kind of faded out due to our lives and family obligations being in two very distant locales. It wasn't really sad for us though, mainly just well-wishes.
Vortex - Jun 04, 2007 1:05:18 pm PDT #995 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Did anyone mention that in some states to get a divorce you have to be separated for a year (NY)?
In Virginia, I think that it's 6 months, a year if you have children. But, it's been a long time since I took the bar, so it might have been 1 year/2year
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2007 1:11:21 pm PDT #996 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Most states want marriages to be hard to end, because they are in the public interest.
I have what may be an anarchist bent, and would love to think that adults know when they're done. Then again, Paris Hilton sure can afford someone to drive her around when she's hammered, so what I'd like to think isn't as informed by the real world as it could be.
Since marriages that should be over can't be in the public interest. I guess it makes sense for the state to just increase the level of difficulty and see who still bothers--I'm assuming the bad marriages that stay are less of a negative than the ones that could be saved.
My finger lesion hurts.
Which reminds me, that one of the krav students rebelled against the 2007 rule that you had to wear official krav gear to class. He (law student) said it was a breach of contract to institute that willy nilly. I won't let him into my classes because he decided to take a stand--somewhat like the state, I think it's in the public interest for people to consider their stands carefully and not think they can back out of them immediately as it suits.
I think I'm the only instructor who's hardlining him on this, but still. Illegal? Really? I'd think that memberships must have standard language in them to allow the company to tweak as they went along. I don't remember what our contracts look like, but it seems weird.
Trudy Booth - Jun 04, 2007 1:12:44 pm PDT #997 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Because you might change your mind? What's the rationale behind making that official?
It can be a way to have a no-fault divorce (instead of one person saying the other did X wrong which can be done without waiting is my impression).
bon bon - Jun 04, 2007 1:14:33 pm PDT #998 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I should correct a misapprehension-- I don't mean to imply that in states requiring separation, the separation is required in all circumstances. In New York the only way to get a no-fault divorce is by living separate and apart for one year. Otherwise you need cruelty, abandonment, imprisonment or adultery.
Scrappy - Jun 04, 2007 1:16:14 pm PDT #999 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, to get a no fault divorce in Massachusetts, we filed and then it went into effect a year later. I think it's to make sure neither party is being coerced, since you lose a lot of rights (like the right to SS benefits or to property) once a marriage is officially severed.
askye - Jun 04, 2007 1:17:31 pm PDT #1000 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
North Carolina has the 1 year rule. My brother and his ex wife had to be legally separated for 1 year, which meant jumping through all these hoops and filling out paperwork.
I think the idea was to try and save marriages, but all it did was keep them from getting on with their lives like they wanted to do.