Il divorzio e i suoi effetti a cinquant’anni dalla riforma del diritto di famiglia

The divorce law was approved following a heated political and social debates in the second half of the 1960s. The introduction of divorce in Italy predated the reform of family law, which is now celebrating its 50th anniversary, and represents, even more than the 1975 family law reform, a compromise between secular demands and Catholic resistance that characterized Italian society in those years. The purpose of these reflections is to understand whether this compromise has led to a divorce law that is still efficient in contemporary society or whether, on the contrary, a new reform is now essential. While, in relation to the grounds for divorce, the legislative measures that have been introduced over time have had the effect of adapting the institution of divorce to social changes, reform appears to be unavoidable in relation to the divorce’s financial effects.