“The thing is that laws and the courts have a role (and a legitimate one) in the dissolution of marriage.”
That’s not really dissolution of marriage. It’s a dissolution of joint property ownership and custody of children (if applicable).
That can be done regardless of being married or not. Couples are able to have joint accounts, joint ownership, and joint custody without having to commit to holy matrimony.
I disagree. A couple is legally married until the court and the system signs off on it in a divorce proceeding. That’s a dissolution of the marriage.