Contributor
Fisanick, Christina.
Imprint:Detroit , Mich : Greenhaven Press, c2007.
Description183 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:ch. 1. Divorce and the marriage contract -- 1. The effects of prenuptial agreements on marriage and divorce / Carlin Flora -- 2. No-fault divorce policies should be supported / Anne Kass -- 3. No-fault divorce policies cheapen the marriage commitment / Dennis E. Powell -- 4. Covenant marriage contracts will not lower the divorce rate / Bruce A. Robinson -- 5. Same-sex marriages raise new divorce issues / Kathleen Burge -- ch. 2. Divorce in modern society -- 1. Divorce harms American social values / Alex Moore -- 2. Divorce is neither a modern nor a particularly American phenomenon / Alex Liazos -- 3. Premarital cohabitation increases the chances of divorce / Phyllis H. Witcher -- 4. Premarital cohabitation does not increase the chances of divorce / Catherine L. Harris -- 5. An unhappy marriage can be worse than divorce / E. Mavis Hetherington -- 6. Divorce does not make adults happier than staying in an unhappy marriage / Linda J. Waite ... [et al.] -- ch. 3. Divorce and the family -- 1. The family court system is biased against fathers / Rachel Alexander -- 2. The family court system is biased against mothers / Garland Waller -- 3. Divorce is always damaging to children / Elizabeth Marquardt -- 4. Divorce is not always damaging to children / Karen S. Peterson -- 5. Children of divorce have higher rates of divorce / Nicholas H. Wolfinger -- ch. 4. Personal narratives on divorce -- 1. A journey through the Catholic annulment process / Joseph A. Califano Jr. -- 2. An adult daughter struggles with her parents' divorce / Brooke Lea Foster -- 3. Why divorce was not the answer to a failing marriage / Judy Bodmer -- 4. Learning valuable lessons from divorce / Hugo Schwyzer -- 5. A woman and her ex-husband create a loving family for their sons / Laura Stavoe -- 6. A woman's marital views were shaped by her parents' divorce / Amy Conway -- 7. The importance of same-sex civil union divorces / Kathy Anderson -- Organizations to contact.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-177) and index.
