Unfortunately, marriage has become disposable for many people, like everything else in our society. There are many reasons for divorce. Aside from the emotional trauma of the divorce, the stress of having to deal with debt that was accumulated during the marriage is probably the one factor that makes divorce so devastating. A few are biblical, but most are not. Whatever the case, when divorce is spoken of as an option in a relationship, it is often inevitable.
Divorce always causes destruction, because it tears a family apart.
But aside from the emotional trauma of the divorce, the stress of having to deal with debt that was accumulated during the marriage is probably the one factor that makes divorce so devastating. There are no biblical provisions for the division of debt responsibilities for divorced families. Because God does not condone the splitting of a marriage, He gives no instructions on how to divide debt. As such, their debt is joint debt, not separate. So, since the Bible is silent on how to handle debt after divorce, the responsibilities are left to the world to decide, which forces many hurt spouses to be thrown before the mercy of secular laws.