“No fault” divorce isn’t the problem. It simply allows people to divorce without sharing all the sordid details in court. People shouldn’t be locked into bad marriages because they cannot afford the legal cost.
The real problem is there’s no penalty for the spouse who broke up the marriage.
You break up your marriage when you either (1) abandon your spouse, (2) commit adultery, or (3) purposely put your spouse in danger. (As a side note, I would argue that committing adultery is putting your spouse in danger.)
But, the courts ignore those factors. So, the court will award alimony to a spouse who cheated. The court will order you to pay half of the debt your spouse hid from you. And so on.
That’s the real problem with divorce today. That’s the problem people should want to fix.
A spouse who cheated shouldn’t be entitled to alimony or child custody. A spouse who divorces because he or she is bored with the marriage (abandonment) shouldn’t be entitled to alimony or child custody, either.
My DIL started having sex with another guy. She moved out, abandoned their kids for 2 years...and when my son finally filed for divorce, her behavior could not be mentioned in court.
Nor could he mention she had claimed the kids on her taxes while living in another state and it took 2 years for the IRS to lower the hammer. She still owes on back taxes and COVID false payments...