If society wants to battle the high divorce rate, it should borrow a concept from real estate, according to a Florida estate planning lawyer.
Wedlock could be replaced with a “wedlease,” lawyer Paul Rampell writes in an opinion column for the Washington Post.
“Here’s how a marital lease could work,” Rampell writes. “Two people commit themselves to marriage for a period of years—one year, five years, 10 years, whatever term suits them. The marital lease could be renewed at the end of the term...