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Assess the view that changes in the law led to an increase in divorce in 1970
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... December 2008 Assess the view that changes in the law led to the increase in divorce after 1970... Even though changes in the law are a big contributing factor to the increase in divorces after 1970, I think that the main reason is actually due to changes in society. However, as I have already stated changes in the law was a big factor, this is because before the 1970's divorce was extremely hard to obtain due to the 1959 Matrimonial Causes Act, this act meant that you were only able to obtain divorce if you could prove in court a 'Matrimonial Offence' such as adultery, but this caused public scandals and the details of unhappy marriages were aired in the public law court. This may of meant that people were more frighten to try and obtain a divorce because it may of bought shame upon the family, but if you














