Also, it only applies to people while their children are under 18. This bill doesn't keep people from getting a divorce if both of them agree. But it does give bargaining power to women and families so they can get adequate support. In a case of two people in their twenties who have two little kids, where the husband decided he wanted to be married to someone else, he would have to negotiate a fair settlement with the wife, out of court, before she would consent to give him the divorce. This bill would give bargaining power back to the more responsible party who is looking out for the kids.
Divorce is too expensive and damaging.
We should go back to letting people control the risk of divorce in their own lives. The law protects contracts between corporations, or between you and your landlord or mechanic, but not your marriage. The way it is now, marriage is the only contract that anyone can break, any time, and not be held responsible for it. Everything is up for grabs, everything is constantly renegotiated, and nobody has to keep their word. I think that makes for a lot of unhappy marriages, even though no-fault was supposed to take care of that.