Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-177) and index
Contents:
ch. 1. Divorce and the marriage contract 1. The effects of prenuptial agreements on marriage and divorce / Carlin Flora 2. No-fault divorce policies should be supported / Anne Kass 3. No-fault divorce policies cheapen the marriage commitment / Dennis E. Powell 4. Covenant marriage contracts will not lower the divorce rate / Bruce A. Robinson 5. Same-sex marriages raise new divorce issues / Kathleen Burge ch. 2. Divorce in modern society 1. Divorce harms American social values / Alex Moore 2. Divorce is neither a modern nor a particularly American phenomenon / Alex Liazos 3. Premarital cohabitation increases the chances of divorce / Phyllis H. Witcher 4. Premarital cohabitation does not increase the chances of divorce / Catherine L. Harris 5. An unhappy marriage can be worse than divorce / E. Mavis Hetherington 6. Divorce does not make adults happier than staying in an unhappy marriage / Linda J. Waite ... [et al.] ch. 3. Divorce and the family 1. The family court system is biased against fathers / Rachel Alexander 2. The family court system is biased against mothers / Garland Waller 3. Divorce is always damaging to children / Elizabeth Marquardt 4. Divorce is not always damaging to children / Karen S. Peterson 5. Children of divorce have higher rates of divorce / Nicholas H. Wolfinger ch. 4. Personal narratives on divorce 1. A journey through the Catholic annulment process / Joseph A. Califano Jr. 2. An adult daughter struggles with her parents' divorce / Brooke Lea Foster 3. Why divorce was not the answer to a failing marriage / Judy Bodmer 4. Learning valuable lessons from divorce / Hugo Schwyzer 5. A woman and her ex-husband create a loving family for their sons / Laura Stavoe 6. A woman's marital views were shaped by her parents' divorce / Amy Conway 7. The importance of same-sex civil union divorces / Kathy Anderson Organizations to contact
