AN ARGUMENT AGAINST NO-FAULT DIVORCE
P1. No-fault divorce law reduces the time for couples to reconcile
P2. Reducing the time for couples to reconcile means many couples will not reconcile in time
C. Therefore no-fault divorce laws mean many couples will not reconcile in time
CONSERVATIVE COMMENTARY
From William J. Doherty, Brian J. Willoughby, and Bruce Peterson:
New research shows that about 40 percent of U.S. couples already well into the divorce process say that one or both of them are interested in the possibility of reconciliation.
William J. Doherty, Brian J. Willoughby, and Bruce Peterson, “Interest in
Marital Reconciliation among Divorcing Parents,” Family Court Review 49, no. 2 (April
2011): 313–21.