Delaying Divorce

Moore, Elena

doi:10.1177/0192513x14566620

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“…Divorce is life-altering and causes individuals to face new economic, social, and emotional challenges (Amato, 2000;Leopold & Kalmijn, 2016;McManus & DiPrete, 2006). Because of the radical way divorce alters the life course, most Western countries have mandatory periods of legal separation that couples undergo before they can finalize their decision (see Moore, 2016;Smith, 2009 for overviews). The periods serve two purposes.…”

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Who Reacts to Less Restrictive Divorce Laws?

Fallesen

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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To study how divorce behavior in Denmark changed following a July 2013 reform that removed previous restriction on immediate divorce by repealing mandatory 6-month separation periods for uncontested divorces, instead allowing for immediate administrative divorce. Background: Most countries have mandatory separation periods that couples undergo before they can divorce. Separation allows couples a grace period, during which they may reconcile and stay together. Yet, the impact of separation periods on divorce risk remains understudied. Methods: Using monthly time series data on divorce rates from 2007 to 2018 (T = 144), the research brief estimates the size and shape of the policy impact of the July 2013 reform. Using monthly administrative population data on all ever-married couples (N*T = 11,304,566), the study further calculates the average characteristics of married couples in Denmark who would have remained together absent the reform. Results: After an initial spike in the divorce rate driven by couples divorcing earlier, the divorce

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Who Reacts to Less Restrictive Divorce Laws?

Fallesen

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Divorce is life-altering and causes individuals to face new economic, social, and emotional challenges (Amato, 2000;Leopold, 2018;Leopold & Kalmijn, 2016;McManus & DiPrete, 2006;Smock, Manning, & Gupta, 1999). Because of the radical way divorce alters the lifecourse, most Western countries have mandatory periods of legal separation that couples undergo before they can finalize their decision (see Moore, 2016;Smith, 2009 for overviews). The periods serve two purposes.…”

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confidence: 99%

Who Reacts to Less Restrictive Divorce Laws?

Fallesen¹

2018

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Objective: To study how divorce behavior in Denmark changed following a July 2013 reform that repealed mandatory separation periods for uncontested divorces, instead allowing for immediate administrative divorce.Background: Most countries have mandatory separation periods that couples undergo before they can divorce. Separation allows couples a grace-period, during which they may reconcile and stay together. Yet, the impact of separation periods on divorce risk remains understudied. Methods: Using monthly time series data on divorce rates from 2007-2018 (T=144), the research brief estimates the size and shape of the policy impact of the July 2013 reform. Using monthly administrative population data on all ever-married couples (N*T=40,431,848) the study further calculates the average characteristics of married couples in Denmark who would have remained together absent the reform.Results: After an initial spike in the divorce rate driven by couples divorcing earlier, the divorce rate settled at a 9.7 percent higher level compared to pre-reform. Couples who divorced because of the reform had been married for fewer years, were ethnic Danish, and had high school degree as highest educational level.Conclusion: Mandatory separation periods keep a minor, but substantial, share of potential divorcees together.

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Divorce, Emotions, and Legal Regulations: Shared Parenting in a Climate of Fear

Moore

2020

Life Course Research and Social Policies

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Research on post-divorce families has neglected the expressive or emotional aspects that are key elements of post-divorce everyday family practices. This chapter examines how the emotional experience of divorce is shaped by the social, economic, cultural, and legal context in which it occurs. Drawing on qualitative longitudinal data from separated and divorced parents in Ireland, the chapter focuses on the emotion of fear and the way in which fear is constructed through the legal system. The chapter reveals how feelings of fear are shaped by the legal and policy context of a “pro-contact culture”, shared parenting, private regulation, and the welfare principle. The object of fear includes the reduction or loss of fathering or a mother’s loss of power over parenting. The cause of fear lies in the structural inequalities of power that point to the fearing subject’s vulnerability. Parents manage their fear by developing new ways of parenting. I argue that fear motivates actions and “shared parenting”.

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Delaying Divorce

Cited by 8 publications

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Who Reacts to Less Restrictive Divorce Laws?

Who Reacts to Less Restrictive Divorce Laws?

Who Reacts to Less Restrictive Divorce Laws?

Divorce, Emotions, and Legal Regulations: Shared Parenting in a Climate of Fear

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