Divorce Expert: Slippage Is Tearing Marriages Apart! If Kids Are Your Priority You’ll Divorce!

Divorce attorney James Sexton argues that marriages primarily fail due to gradual relational "slippage" and the neglect of individual identities within the partnership, rather than single catastrophic events. Drawing on twenty-five years of practice, he highlights how financial disparities in legal representation and the "wedding industrial complex" obscure the 56% failure rate of the institution while emphasizing that parenthood introduces permanent risks that often exceed those of marriage itself. Sexton advocates for actively maintaining the balance between the self, the partner, and the relationship to avoid the procedural and emotional devastation that arises from unaddressed conflicts and societal pressures.