Ronald Reagan's Biggest Regret

The far reaching impact of "no-fault" divorce

Michael Reagan wrote in his book The New Reagan Revolution: How Ronald Reagan's Principles Can Restore America's Greatness that his father had signed the no-fault divorce law in 1969 hoping it would “reduce acrimony, legal costs, and harm to children of divorce. Instead divorce rates soared 250 percent nationwide from 1960 to 1980. Dad later said that s…