Divorce

             Before 1968 there was no federal law concerning divorce. Therefore, in that following year the Federal Government passed the Divorce Act. This Act outlined a specific fault grounds for divorce and different waiting periods for separated couples; it also recognized a 3-year separation or marriage breakdown as a new ground for divorce. In 1985, the Parliament passed the Divorce Act, which came into effect on June 1, 1986.
             Because with industrialization many young people move away from there family restrictions and raised there expectations of personal fulfillment. Growing individualism discouraged the view of marriage as sacred or related primarily to family lineage, obligation or procreation and they have increased opportunities to meet new people and compare personal situations.
             Factors such as the increasing population and popularity of marriage need to be considered when they determine the increase. With the population, increasing more people will be getting married that is why there is such a large increase.
             There was a decrease because with the high unemployment in the early 1980's and rising costs of lawyers, more people may have been separating without legal divorce. Anticipation of changes in the divorce law probably encouraged some couples to postpone their divorce until 1986.
             The percentage of one-parent families fell from 1931 to 1961 as life expectancy rose, and then began to rise again with divorce rates. However, the higher rates of one-parent families in the earlier part of this century generally resulted from death or desertion rather then legal divorce for woman and children.
             In recent reports, we find that single mothers now form a large segment of the poor. Four in 10 families headed by women are poor compared to one in 10 led by men. Single mothers are over 5 times more likely to be poor than families with two parents. In a way, the Government is already helping si
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