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At a time when millions of people are fighting for the right to get married, others are having to fight for the right to get divorced—in a more timely and affordable way. It’s certainly become a more arduous task in recent years: Over a dozen states have recently introduced bills making it more difficult to get a divorce.

For example, there’s a new measure in Oklahoma requiring parenting classes for couples with children seeking a divorce, and Arizona and Utah have passed laws in the past three years mandating counseling courses or longer waiting periods. Seeking a divorce in Massachusetts and have kids under the age of 18? You’ll have to attend a six-hour parenting education course. Arkansas has a 540-day standard processing time for divorce, and a couple needs to have an 18-month separation before they can even file. From start to finish, a divorce there can take almost three years. Maryland, South Carolina and North Carolina aren’t much better; each has a mandatory one-year separation or waiting period before you can even file.

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