By Geoff Mulvihil (Associated Press)
A lawist from Missouri has introduced a law to clarify that the state judges can divorce even if a spouse is pregnant.
The perception that they cannot already get angry with those who see it as an ancient policy that wrongly controls women, possibly implicating them in abusive marriage.
But divorce lawyers say that this practice – which is beyond Missouri – is not punitive for pregnant women and has some important practical benefits.
There is a look at this issue here.
- Can pregnant women divorce?
- Calling the legalists of a Missouri for change?
- What is the approach to the law?
Can pregnant women divorce?
The Missouri law on divorce does not finally finalize divorce for pregnant women, but “what is the wife pregnant” is one of the eight pieces of information – as well as where parties live and when they separate – it is necessary when someone files for divorce.
Lawyers and advocates say that divorce is not finalized in a judge and some other states in Missouri when a woman in the couple is pregnant. But this does not prevent anyone from starting the process during pregnancy.
Nevada Smith, a St. Charles, Missouri, a lawyer, who handles the divorce, said that it is understandable that judges would not finalize divorce during pregnancy as a child would affect the conditions of divorce custody and child’s support. And divorce usually occurs in months, even in rare people without any issue.
“You need to know if you have two children or if you have three,” he said.
Or the child born with special needs can also change the equation.
The situation is the same in other states, a Dallas-based lawyer Chris Balakian Hayes said that who handles the divorce. She said that the judges of Texas also do not finalize divorce during pregnancy of husband and wife. In fact, it is difficult to determine similar practices in other states because it is not written in divorce laws.
Family law courts are already full of cases in many places, Hes said, so it will not help to see a child again after birth.
“People have complained that it is so outdoor that we can force someone to marry a batsman,” Hayes said, who said that in the 25 -year -old divorce law, she could only think of four cases that she included in that pregnancy. “It is not intended to be punitive to him, but is responsible for the child’s needs.”
He said that the first step in dealing with a derogatory relationship is to find a protective order, not divorce.
Calling the legalists of a Missouri for change?
Missouri rape. Ashley Aun, a Democrat, which is for reunion this year, said that she wants to use the law to clarify that divorce can be finalized even during pregnancy.
He said that the issue was brought to his attention by a group that serves the victims of domestic violence, who said that there is a need to create an additional facility for women who have many children, partly because they are not allowed to divorce when pregnant.
“If you can always keep someone pregnant, it has disastrous consequences,” Aune said in an interview.
Aune said that the policy has also caught people in the policy, including cases where they are caught in marriage with a wife who is pregnant by another person.
“Life is different in 2024 and I want to keep my policies over time,” she said.
What is the approach to the law?
At a committee hearing in February, all the people who signed up to testify about this remedy supported it.
In written testimony, Julie Donelon, president of the metropolitan organization to combat sexual harassment, told MPs that a ban on divorce during pregnancy creates an unnecessary obstruction and delays a woman’s ability to quit abusive relationship. “
But the way for the law is not clear.
Aune said that it is modifying the exact language of measurement.
And he said that even after recovering, he is not sure it will move forward, as it is a democrat in the GOP Legislature-Bill’s sponsors include Republican.
Rape. Bill Hardwick, Chairman of the House Emerging Issue Committee, where Aune was assigned to the bill, said that he was open for it, but is uncertain whether it will be brought for votes.
Hardwick said, “This is a new border for some judges and some lawyers.” “I think we have only got to think with that responsibility.”
Jacks Billied Associated Press Correspondent in Phoenix; Andrew Demilo in Little Rock, Arkansas; And David Lib contributed to this article in Jefferson City, Missouri.