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Mar. 19, 2025

Divorce law trends: mediation, shared parenting, and market shifts

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Marco Brown

Managing Partner
Brown Family Law

Divorce law trends: mediation, shared parenting, and market shifts

Divorce law isn't really known for its dynamism and fast-changing culture. We had the no-fault divorce revolution beginning in California in 1969 and ending in 2010 in New York. But even that 40-year process was relatively slow-moving.

That said, the last five years have seen significant changes, with many more in the offing.

These changes, as with so much else, were exacerbated by COVID-19. In 2020, on a national level, both marriage rates and divorce rates declined by...

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