Abstract
The adoption of a no-fault divorce law in California in 1970 was accompanied by a number of changes-some intended, some unintended-in the nature of the legal process of divorce and in the patterns of requests and settlements regarding alimony, property, and child custody. Analysis of five samples of 500 decrees of divorce drawn from Los Angeles and San Francisco counties in 1968 and 1972, and from Los Angeles in 1977, suggests that although the process of marital dissolution under the no-fault law is less litigious and perhaps less acrimonious than under the old adversary system, the new law raises some interesting questions about equity in spousal support and property settlements when no one is at fault.
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