Kudos to Beth Bozzuto, Connecticut’s chief administrative judge for family matters, and the Judicial Branch for proposing a streamlined and fairly summary process for folks with limited assets and issues who wish to be divorced. I have wondered for years why “un-marrying” should be much more complicated than getting hitched in circumstances where there are no kids, no alimony, nothing to fight about and the parties agree. If all you need is a simple license to get married, why not get the same type of license to be free again?
Some worry about unfairness or unequal bargaining power between the participants. Family law is the only place I can think of where courts must rule on whether an agreement to settle a dispute is fair and equitable. In most other jurisprudence, the parties are free to make their best deal, and as long as no laws are broken, courts will approve and enforce them even if a few involve unwise choices. If citizens are allowed to get married without permission from the state, why not the reverse? Who cares who gets the toaster and who gets the microwave? Societal resources are best spent regulating something else.
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