> Women have more to gain in divorce if laws are more favorable to wives. ... the reverse is also true when divorce laws are more favorable to husbands. This d

> Women have more to gain in divorce if laws are more favorable to wives. ... the reverse is also true when divorce laws are more favorable to husbands. This does not seem a very modern way to view laws. Divorce is not some tribal war, and the law some tool to favor one tribe over an other. There is a government role in reducing suicide rates and increasing employment. We have social support, mental health care, employment programs, and so on. Attaching those to divorce laws only works as a method to reduce responsibility and costs of the government. A recent and rather good change in divorce laws here in Sweden was a requirement of couple therapy before family court will see a case. Invoking divorce laws and family courts should be the exception when people can't find a way to split on equitable terms.