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Define divorce and reasons why marriage ends in divorce.

Many marriages, because of haphazard decisions come to a crashing end. Even though God forbids divorces, legal systems provide spouses with ways they can breach the lifetime agreement. The definition of divorce sometimes become unclear since some spouses decide to live as a separated couple, but divorce is defined as a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part or an agreement that releases the husband and wife from all matrimonial obligations.
This paper will discuss possible reasons for couples to result in divorce. In the Bible, the only reason that a man would have a good reason to divorce his wife was because of adultery, abuse or abandonment. Now spouses can be divorced for trivial reasons.
Grounds for divorce vary widely among countries and states, but the trend has been toward easier grounds, such as irreconcilable differences.
• Partial Dissolution- is when the couples become legally separated. This is a divorce of the two couples living in the same home. It is a decree of judicial separation. The two parties are still legally married but they are forbidden cohabitation.
• Total Dissolution- This is the term generally meant by divorce. It is to be distinguished from a decree of nullity of marriage, or annulment, which is judicial finding that there never was a valid marriage. Since marriage was created by contract between two couples, this means the parties cannot dissolute themselves. Couples cannot officially terminate or end the martial relation without the court.

Why does marriage end in divorce?
When a man or woman walks away from a marriage, their actions may leave family and friends doubting their sanity and questioning their motives. What is often crystal clear to the person who leaves is lost to those who remain. Some marriages begin for wrong reasons. Perhaps, it is an unexpected pregnancy that binds together two ill-prepared and unsuited people....