Alabama Is The Latest State to Consider Extending Divorce Waiting Periods!
A proposed Alabama divorce law would require a one year waiting period for wannabe divorcees with minor children. State Senator Hank Erwin recently introduced Senate Bill 289, which would institute this one-year, “cooling off” period in large part to make sure that parents don’t rush into divorces without considering reconciliation, settling child support and custody issues, and taking into account the impact of divorces on children.
An editorial on TuscaloosaNews.com stated that the eight states with the highest divorce rates had the shortest waiting periods to get a divorce. Conversely, the editorial said that the states with the longest waiting periods have the lowest divorce rates. With a divorce waiting period of 30 days, Alabama has the sixth highest divorce rate in the United States.
Extending divorce waiting periods has been a topic of interest in not only Alabama but other states lately. In fact, Louisiana recently extended the divorce waiting and separation period to one year for wannabe divorces with children. The editorial added that the measure was led by former judge and current Senator Bob Kostelka, who said that Louisiana divorces were too often granted before child custody and support issues were even worked out.
As previously detailed at The Divorce Blog, a proposed Tennessee divorce law would require wannabe divorcees with children 15 years old and younger to wait a year before a divorce on irreconcilable differences could be granted. To further educate people on the legal, financial and psychological impacts of divorce, especially on children, a recently-signed Utah divorce law will now require wannabe divorcees in the state to attend a mandatory class on the divorce process.
June 17th, 2008 at 2:00 am
the greatest impact from divorce within two or three years of its occurrence. However, it shows that children are greatly affected by divorce throughout their youth. At each age, there are certain feelings and reactions that children will experience, this is what i think.
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vinu1
Alabama Treatment Centers
http://www.treatmentcenters.org/alabama/
June 28th, 2008 at 12:06 am
What an excellent article on “Alabama Is The Latest State to Consider Extending Divorce Waiting Periods!”. According to me children are very suffered due to these divorce. It shows great impact in their children’s life and their studies. Incase you want people to leave more comments it is better to ask questions in your blog.
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James Chapel
Addiction Recovery Alabama
July 28th, 2008 at 4:40 am
hell i cant understand it.
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July 28th, 2008 at 4:45 am
yes James I do agree with you that children do suffer a lot
because of their parents,The parents have to take the necessary to prevent this,
at least they have look for their children future.
This article is a indeed a good one i hope i can find many more articles from this site
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Peter
Alabama Treatment Centers
September 24th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
My wife has left the state to Tx where she feels she can evaid this new 1 yr law envolving young children in the state of Louisiana though we were married resided and domiciled in Rapides Parish as I still am. As well she does this in order to make visitations difficult, avoid loosing custodey due to preveous extreme history of documented child abuse Louisiana is Familiar With and hopes of my failing to file in and attent court in order to contest anything she may choose to file in Texas. So long as one parent still resides in the state of Louisiana and same parish of Marriage, Domiciliary, Where children were born and raised as well, ages 16 mnths and 4 yrs old at this time, prior to such acts of other having left in order to avoid such issues and my remaining here contesting , are her acts legal and would such a divorce filed out of state due to such prove legal by such person as herself?