Child Custody Tightly Linked To Divorce Prevalence

Submitted by Scott on Thu, 2000-07-13 21:10

This New York Times article talks about the reasons that people divorce. It shatters misconceptions such as men initiating divorce most often or women leaving primarily to escape abusive relationships, and reveals the deepest link: child custody laws. The author discovered that women initiate divorce more often than men do because they don't fear they will lose their children in the divorce.

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