What is a “no fault” divorce?

Do you remember the old TV shows where there was a private investigator driving around town spying on someone’s wife or husband? If you don’t remember those old shows: imagine this: you have been in an abusive marriage and you have no kids. You want a divorce. Now, as the law stands in all 50 states, you can get a divorce and go through the divorce process without ever talking about abuse or infidelity or any other bad behavior. This is because divorce in Arizona is a “no fault” divorce state. No one has to prove any reasons or say anything about anything to get divorced. The end result is that you can currently get divorced without making someone at fault. You currently have a right to get divorced when you want or need to get divorced. In the old days, prior to “no fault” divorce, you had to allege some kind of fault against the other party and you had to prove it. You had to have evidence of some kind of “bad” behavior that falls under whatever the law wants to list as bad behavior or faults that are needed to get divorced. Some of the fault issues were abandonment, drug abuse, physical abuse and adultery. “No fault” divorce allows people to make their own decisions about whether they want to stay married without the government controlling their decisions. “No fault” divorce has resulted in less litigation, less money and less trauma for families.