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typologies of divorce  

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  • Divorce is a process involving major decisions, pronounced emotions, life changes, and adjustments resulting from increased dissatisfaction with the marital relationship. The chain of events that lead to marital dissolution is as long and varied as those that lead to marriage. [Source: Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia; Typologies of Divorce]

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