pre no fault there were more than a few cases of “made up” reasons.
he accuses her of cheating or vice versa. She accuses him of “not being interested in women” and so on. the truth may have been simply they were a wrong match and should never have married.
even with the lies, I am unaware of any case of a divorce being denied ever. Divorce happens so why clog up the court records with needless dirty laundry real or made up.
“Divorce happens so why clog up the court records with needless dirty laundry real or made up.”
The divorce rates pre-no fault were much lower than they are now, even if there were still people who would game the system to get out of a marriage for frivolous reasons. So, I’d say that lowering the bar simply encouraged more divorces, which is not a good social policy. Also, it probably encourages more people to get married frivolously in the first place, since they know they can get out of it whenever they want. Hardly anyone takes the institution seriously anymore because of that fact.