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14 J. Fam. L. 31 (1975-1976)
No-Fault Divorce: Born in the Soviet Union

handle is hein.journals/branlaj14 and id is 43 raw text is: NO-FAULT DIVORCE: BORN IN THE SOVIET UNION? Donald M. Bolas A Survey of No-Fault Divorce Soviet Style I. Introduction ................................. 31 II. Soviet Family Law Background ............... 33 A . Early Law .............................. 33 B. The Movement Toward Stability .......... 39 C. The 1974 Decree-The Pendulum Swings .. 42 II. Modern Developmens in Soviet Divorce L a w .. ............ ... .. ..... ... .. .. ........ 4 5 IV. Soviet and California No-Fault Divorce Laws C om p ared ................................... 50 A . Soviet Law .............................. 50 B. Similarities-Soviet and California ........ 52 C . D issim ilarities ........................... 57 V . Conclusion .................................. 63 I. INTRODUCTION The Soviet law of divorce has been like a ship on a stormy sea ever since the 1917 October Revolution. Since that time it has been battered about by the waves of revolu- tionary principle, wartime necessity and modem practical- ity. These factors have produced a Soviet legal domestic relations history that is interestingly erratic but nevertheless quite instructive in light of changes in domestic relations law currently taking place within the United States. The current debate in the United States is focused on the relative merits and shortcomings of so-called no-fault divorce legislation. The pioneer of that concept in the United States is the State of California by virtue of its Family Law Act of 19691 which made divorce in that state a non- * A.B., 1964, The Citadel; J.D., 1967, Dickinson School of Law; LL.M., 1974, George Washington University Law Center; Member, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia and California bars. This article was the result of LL.M. Degree studies in Soviet and Comparative Law at George Washington University Law Center. CAL. Cv. CODE §§ 4350 et. seq. (West Supp. 1974).

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