She believes no-fault divorces lead to an increase in marital disruption.
Lawyers generally disagree.
Rep. Dalman also believes custodial parents and children fare poorly in a no-fault divorce situation. She reasons there is no financial disincentive or punishment for marital misdeeds. She also believes parties should participate in mandatory counseling before divorce. A lawyer from the United Kingdom pointed out that they were abolishing fault divorce and eliminating expensive fault-finding investigations by private detectives and prolonged court proceedings. Rep. Dalman contends Britain's divorce rate will increase upon the elimination of fault divorce.