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CHANGING THE WAY WE DIVORCE

April 23, 2013 12 Comments

Written by Chris Gersten and Beverly Willett For more than 40 years, Americans have by and large ignored the devastating consequences of no-fault divorce on our nation’s families. All that is about to change. In 2011 we launched the Coalition for Divorce Reform (CDR), a non-partisan coalition of divorce reform leaders, marriage educators, domestic violence […]

Filed Under: Failure of Current Divorce Laws, Marriage Education Requirement, Parental Divorce Reduction Act, Protecting Victims of Domestic Abuse, The Breakdown of Marriage, Waiting Periods · Tagged: Coalition for Divorce Reform, Georgia divorce, Georgia House Bill 684, Healthy Marriage Act, North Carolina divorce, Parental Divorce Reduction Act, Representative Jason Spencer, Second Chances Act

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• The Parental Divorce Reduction Act is a new proposal to reduce unnecessary divorce.
• A broad consensus of studies fi nds that divorce has serious negative lifelong psychological consequences for children, and costs taxpayers billions of dollars annually. A significant number of these divorces are unnecessary. The goal of this Act is to reduce “unnecessary” divorces where minor children are involved.

CHRIS GERSTEN
Chris Gersten is Co-Chairman of the Coalition for Divorce Reform, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 2001-2005.

CDR Co-Chair

BEVERLY WILLETT
Beverly Willett is the Co-Chairman of the Coalition for Divorce Reform. She is also an author and attorney. Her articles about divorce, marriage and parenting have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, Newsweek, Woman’s Day,…

ADVISORY BOARD

• Bill Coffin, Senior Fellow, Institute for Family Studies

• Patty Howell, Ed.M, A.G.C. Marriage Educator; Developer, World Class Marriage

• Mike McManus, President and Co-founder, Marriage Savers

• Sherod Miller, Ph.D., Co-Developer, Couples Communication

• Mary Ortwein, MS, Co-author, Mastering the Mysteries of Love

• Scott Stanley, Ph.D., Co-Founder, PREP

• John Crouch, Esq., Divorce Attorney; Co-Founder, Americans for Divorce Reform

• Harville Hendrix, Author; Co-Founder, Imago Couples Therapy

• J. Michael Johnson, Esq., Founding Dean, Pressler School of Law, Louisiana College

• Nisa Muhammad, Founder, Black Marriage Day; President, Wedded Bliss Foundation

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