Marriage and Some Troubling Issues With No-Fault Divorce

Marriage, as creating the most important relation in life, as having more to do with the morals and civilization of a people than any other institution, has always been subject to the control of the legislature. That body prescribes the age at which the parties may contract to marry, the procedure or form essential to constitute marriage, the duties and obligations it creates, its effects on the property rights of both [parties], present and prospective, and the acts which may constitute grounds for its dissolution.