Lawmakers push for more lax divorce laws

Hayley Peterson

Washington Examiner

A group of lawmakers wants to make divorce easier for Maryland couples by letting them live under the same roof during the year before the state will recognize their separation-- as long as they don't have sex. "Maryland, in my opinion, has some very archaic divorce laws which are rooted in centuries-old religious predilections making divorce for consenting adults -- who want to divorce -- very, very difficult," said Del. Luiz Simmons, D-Gaithersburg, who introduced the legislation.

Currently, married couples who want a divorce must live in separate residences and abstain from sex for one year before the state will recognize the separation. "In the 21st century there is absolutely no reason that two adults should have to physically separate to placate a law ... that is stuck in time," said Simmons, a practicing lawyer.

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