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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.

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