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The document is an argumentative essay arguing that divorce should not be legalized. It summarizes statistics showing that 40-50% of marriages end in divorce globally. Divorce is defined as the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. There are two types of divorce: no-fault and at-fault. The essay argues that divorces cause broken families and decreased economic status. It also negatively impacts children psychologically and their social development. Divorced individuals and households have lower incomes compared to married counterparts, which negatively impacts the economy. Therefore, the essay concludes that due to the negative impacts, divorce should not be legalized despite some advantages.

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The document is an argumentative essay arguing that divorce should not be legalized. It summarizes statistics showing that 40-50% of marriages end in divorce globally. Divorce is defined as the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. There are two types of divorce: no-fault and at-fault. The essay argues that divorces cause broken families and decreased economic status. It also negatively impacts children psychologically and their social development. Divorced individuals and households have lower incomes compared to married counterparts, which negatively impacts the economy. Therefore, the essay concludes that due to the negative impacts, divorce should not be legalized despite some advantages.

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Caberto, Dave Patrick G. English 10 Ms. Janice C.

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Divorce Should Not Be Legalized Argumentative Essay September 30, 2019

Healthy marriages are important for couples’ mental and physical health. However, based on the 2019
American Psychological Association statistics, Divorce has affected 40 to 50% of the total number of healthy married
couples around the world and has become one of the most prominent contemporary issues which everyone should
not disregard. The Divorce Law defined it as the “dissolution of a marriage by a court in a legal proceeding, requiring
a petition or complaint about divorce by one party.” There are two main cases of divorce; the first case is the no-
fault divorce, when neither party involved in the divorce is required to prove the fault of either party; while the
second is the at-fault divorce when both parties are required to prove which party was at-fault for the divorce.
Divorce should not be legalized as such actions cause many broken families and decreased economic status.

Many people advocate that everyone deserves a second chance to be happy or at least a right to re-marry
but according to past statistics, 50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second, and 73% of third marriages end
in divorce. In theory, the first marriages usually last longer compared to the latter. One explanation about this is that
the people concerned are usually vulnerable, they do not have enough time to recover from their divorce and they
become more sensitive to the warning signs compared to the first time they encounter it.

Divorce has some advantages such as getting a chance to relax once again but couples are still significantly
affected negatively by it and leaves deep wounds on their soul which takes time to heal. Adults can suffer from
negative psychological balance including depression and anxiety. In fact, according to Psychology Today, divorce is a
risk factor for suicide and men were nine times more likely to die of suicide because of divorce.

Another reason divorce should not be legalized is it affects the offspring of the couple mentally and
psychologically. A kid said that he had experienced bullying while growing up because of his parents’ divorce. "But
after a couple weeks, I started feeling depressed and became really quiet and shy. It was tough being 10 years old
and not understanding why your dad has to leave and why your mother cries herself to sleep at night." He added.
Divorce might affect how a child might grow in the future, he might lose the interest in social activity because
children whose family undergoes divorce may have a harder time relating with others and will have fewer social
contacts.

Divorce also affects society especially the economy. According to the 2009 report of the median income of
households, the mean household income of divorced women is $37, 021 compared to the higher $82, 270 income of
their continuously married counterparts. The report distinctly shows that as the number of divorced couples
increases, the less the economic development; and it also indicates how divorce directly affects the financial stability
of a person.

All of the mentioned evidence demonstrates how divorce affected the world negatively. Therefore, divorce
should not be legalized disregarding its advantages. Luckily, based on the American Community Survey data, the
divorce rate has decreased remarkably since the early 1990s and has continued decreasing until the present. In
1992, the divorce rate is 0.48 per 100 people and has dropped to 0.32 by 2016.
References

 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kids-and-divorce-_n_5730980 (Last Visited on September 28, 2019)


 https://blackdoctor.org/50116/why-marriages-fail-after-5-years__trashed/ (Last Visited on September 29,
2019)
 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/divorce-united-states-dropping-because-millennials/ (Last
Visited on September 29, 2019)

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