Inequalities for Women in the California Divorce Law

Abstract

When California introduced the no-fault divorce law in 1970, its intention was to perpetuate equality between men and women through financial and economic means. However this brought about unexpected consequences as more and more cases of women experiencing economic hardships began to surface. The law did not take into account the impaired opportunities marriage brings to women, and thus could not see the influence of intangible property that should have been included into marital assets that are divided equally among couples upon divorce.