They may have fooled virtually everybody at a distance, but not their children. Drugs, sex, thrills, alcohol, etc., all offer a temporary ecstasy, a poor substitute for 'joy'. They didn't see 'joy' at their Christian home, they don't know what it is. Death Certificate I believe that a divorce agreement or a divorce certificate is, in some ways, similar to a death certificate. The law requires a doctor's signature as an expert witness whose testimony is proof that the person is dead.
Doctors are experts on life and death, so their word is final.
Once signed, the death certificate is legal proof that the person is dead. Further, let's look at a situation where there is no body for a doctor to examine and declare legally dead. Some of our POW's and MIA's have long ago died, but there are no expert witnesses to close the case. Insurance companies, health firms, families and many others desire to close the door on the past in these cases. Let's further compare the death certificate to a divorce certificate.