Divorce Bad, Divorce Good
December, 1978
Case OneOne night in June 1975, a Waterbury, Connecticut, man named Walsh came home late from work and told his wife that he wanted a divorce. He was very matter-of-fact about it. There was no other woman, he said, no mounting pressures, no particular dislike for his life as it was--no personal offense intended. He just wanted to be single again.It was all set, Walsh told his wife, except for her approval. They would go no fault. It would be simple. She could have her clothes, one of the cars an...