$170K/month went to lawyers (in California the wealthier spouse pays for both, he says Wow, that's awful. Here's a question: What's to stop states from compet

$170K/month went to lawyers (in California the wealthier spouse pays for both, he says Wow, that's awful. Here's a question: What's to stop states from competing on divorce laws? In the old days, people used to fly to Reno to get divorced, right? Why doesn't Nevada declare that a man can divorce his wife, in absentia, leaving her with (say) nothing more than whatever her personal assets were before she entered the marriage (plus 5% per annum in interest)? They could throw in a five-day residence requirement and $100 worth of slot machine credit while they were at it. Meanwhile, Delaware could make a similarly female-biased divorce law, and fighting couples could have a race to see who could file the papers in their state of choice first.