Carson, who is said to be on the short list for Trump’s vice presidential pick, continues, “The reason this matters is that no-fault divorce legally allows marriages to end much more quickly than in previous decades.”He goes on, “When there are relatively few legal or financial consequences connected with divorce, it’s natural for people to gravitate toward that option when their marriage hits a rough patch.
Ben Carson campaigns for Donald Trump in Iowa on January 11. In his new book, he calls for restrictions on no-fault divorce.Couples who seek a no-fault divorce, allowed under reforms first enacted in the U.S. in 1969 by then-California Gov. Ronald Regan, do not need to prove wrongdoing, like adultery or domestic abuse, to be divorced.In the years since, all 50 states have adopted the policy, giving people the option of citing “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of divorce.
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