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Before California created the US's first no-fault divorce law, someone wanting a divorce would have to have (or fabricate) a reason why their partner had violated marriage norms. Did divorce involve a lot of slander? Did people make up reasons to get divorced?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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