DIVORCE
(See also Child Custody; Separation [Marital])
advice by elders or friends: g99 4/22 6
advice by “experts”: g 10/09 18; g92 2/8 6
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g94 9/22 30
divorcée: g94 1/8 30
avoiding: g18.2 4; mwb18.05 8; g 10/09 19-20; g 11/08 8-9; w07 5/1 19-23; jd 127-131; g04 9/8 26-27; fy 155-158; g93 7/8 8-11; g92 2/8 9-10; w88 5/15 6
“gray divorce” (older people): ijwhf article 35
Bible view: ijwbq article 17; w18.12 11-13; it-1 640-643; lvs 250; mwb18.05 8; w17.04 7-8; lv 219-221; w11 11/1 6; g 2/10 4; w08 4/15 16-17; w07 5/1 19; jd 125-131; g04 5/8 21; g04 9/8 26-27; g02 2/8 9-10; rq 17; jv 177; pe 248; w88 5/15 4-7; w87 9/15 31; tp 147-148; g86 9/8 28
Catholic New American Bible: g88 3/8 27
divorced living in same residence: w10 2/15 23
divorce with view to remarriage: w18.12 11-12; rs 252
effect of remarriage after unscriptural divorce: w22.04 30-31
Ezra’s urging to dismiss foreign wives: w98 10/15 14-16
freedom to remarry: ijwbq article 184; ijwfq article 43; w16.08 12; km 11/08 3; w00 12/15 28-29
how far unwilling Christian mate need resist: w00 12/15 28-29
Jehovah ‘hates divorce’ (Mal 2:16): w18.12 11; w13 10/1 9; jd 125-126; g99 4/22 11; rq 17
Jesus’ teaching on: cf 104-105; w18.12 11-13; jy 222; w95 7/15 18-19; gt chapters 88, 95; w89 3/15 8; w89 7/15 8-9
Malachi’s day: mwb17.12 6; w16.08 11; w02 5/1 17-19; w96 8/1 12; g94 2/8 20-21; w89 7/1 30-31
marrying someone unscripturally divorced: it-1 642-643
significance of signing legal documents: w00 12/15 28-29
women’s rights: w95 7/15 18-19
businesses hired to cause: g03 6/22 28
Catholic Church: w88 5/15 3, 5
ceremonies: g04 9/8 26; w98 4/1 5; w88 5/15 3
chart “Advice for Divorced Parents”: g91 4/22 9
children visiting parent who was removed from the congregation: g91 9/22 30
classes for: g97 7/22 29
clergy:
increase: g93 3/22 29
contributing factors: g 5/06 14; w93 8/15 3-6; g93 7/8 5-6; g92 2/8 4-7; g90 7/22 29; yp 34-35
attitude toward marriage: g 7/06 3-5; w98 4/1 4
comment by judge: w94 2/1 32
dishonesty: g03 10/8 32
ignorance: w99 2/15 3
Internet sites that reunite schoolmates: g05 10/22 29
mate’s undue attachment to parents: g87 10/22 30
parental divorce: g97 6/8 28
pornography: g93 7/8 11
premarital sex: g03 4/8 29; g88 3/8 29
“retired husband syndrome”: g 7/06 5
sexual incompatibility: g93 7/8 11
spirit of independence: w88 11/1 20
coping with parental divorce: ijwyp article 5; g 5/14 2; yp1 28-33; yp2 206-207
helping one’s adolescent offspring: g 10/09 21
coping with personal problems caused by divorce: w19.06 24-25; w13 10/1 8-10; w10 6/15 29-32; g02 10/8 6-7; g99 4/22 12; w88 11/1 27-30
emotional or sexual needs: w88 11/1 27
guilt feelings: w88 11/1 29
loneliness: w88 11/1 27-29
role of prayer: w88 11/1 29
what others can do: w19.06 25
discussion: w18.12 11-13; it-1 639-643; it-2 342-343; g 2/10 3-8; jd 125-131; g99 4/22 9-12; fy 153-154; g92 2/8 3-10; w88 5/15 3-7
effect on—
children: ijwhf article 12; ijwyp article 45; yp1 28-29; g 2/10 6-8; g05 4/8 5-6; g03 4/22 28; g00 2/8 7; g99 4/22 10-11; g97 12/8 3-4; g93 7/8 7; g91 4/22 3-5, 8; g90 11/8 22-24; yp 34-41; g88 5/22 22-24; g87 10/22 21-23; w86 11/1 27
divorced: g 2/10 5-7; g 10/09 18; g93 7/8 6-7; g92 2/8 8-10; g92 6/22 30
ecology: g 10/08 30
innocent mate: g93 7/8 7
youths: ijwyp article 45; yp1 28-29; g 10/09 19; g03 5/22 30; g90 11/8 22-24; g87 12/22 13-15
examples:
addiction to jigsaw puzzles: g86 12/22 29-30
posthumous divorce: w93 8/15 3-4
youth “divorces” parents: g89 7/22 28-29; g87 3/22 29
experiences:
coping with loneliness: g04 6/8 6, 8
counsel rescues from despair: g99 2/8 14
divorced parents accept truth, remarry: w90 12/1 32
ex-wife won over and remarried: w89 4/1 31
lawyer seeks help for couples: g04 9/8 32
truth prevents divorce: w10 8/1 11-12; w00 1/1 4; w00 3/1 32; w00 11/1 5; w99 1/1 3
truth restores marriage: ijwcl article 27; w90 5/15 21
wife’s conduct prevents divorce: w90 1/1 5
wife wins husband back from mistress: g93 7/8 9
Witness couple remarry: lff lesson 49; g92 2/8 5-6, 8, 10
grounds:
‘adultery in heart’ not (Mt 5:28): it-1 642
Jewish rabbinic law: it-1 642; wp16.4 9; w95 7/15 18-19
legal: it-2 344; w88 5/15 4; tp 147-148
resuming marital relations cancels Scriptural grounds: w18.12 13
Scriptural: ijwbq article 17; scl 74; w18.12 12; it-1 53-54, 642-643, 1163; w17.04 7-8; w16.08 11-12; jy 222; lv 220; w12 5/15 9; g02 2/8 10; fy 158-159; rq 17; kl 123; g95 8/8 11; w93 8/15 5; gt chapter 95; w89 7/15 8-9; w88 5/15 4-6; tp 147-148
unscriptural: ijwfq article 43; scl 74; it-1 642; w16.08 12; lv 220; w00 12/15 28-29; w99 8/15 31
viewing pornography not: w23.08 14
helping children of divorced parents: g91 4/22 6-11; g91 9/22 30
helping divorced people: w14 6/15 8-11; g99 4/22 12; w88 11/1 27-28
helping one’s children: w13 10/1 10
“in-house divorce” (living separately in the same home): g93 7/8 4; g90 5/22 28
Joseph’s intention to “divorce” Mary: it-1 641; it-2 346; ia 151-152; w09 12/1 16; w08 7/1 17; w89 7/15 24
Judaism (modern): w88 5/15 3-4
Law covenant: w19.02 21; it-1 640-641, 1163; it-2 215, 342-343; w93 8/15 4-5
“certificate of divorce” (De 24:1): it-1 640-641; it-2 342; w08 9/1 25; w93 8/15 4-5
for “something indecent” (De 24:1): cf 104; w18.12 11; it-2 342, 1183; w16.08 11; jy 222; gt chapter 95
remarriage: it-1 640-641; it-2 342-343
when disallowed: it-1 641
legal requirements: it-2 344; w88 5/15 4; tp 147-148
where Caesar’s recognition is unavailable: w12 12/15 16-17; tp 148
magazine Divorce: g94 12/8 28
mid-life: g03 12/8 28
no-fault divorce:
effect on women: g88 7/22 6
prenuptial agreements: g 10/09 30
prevalence: g18.2 2; w14 6/15 8; g 2/10 3; jd 125; g 7/06 4-6; w05 3/1 10; g01 1/8 3; g01 6/22 29; w00 11/1 4; w99 2/15 3; w98 4/1 3; g97 5/8 28; g97 7/8 29; w96 8/1 12; g93 7/8 3-4; g92 2/8 3-4
after Christmas and New Year: g 4/09 30
among Witnesses: g97 9/8 11
chart: w98 4/1 5
Protestant churches: w88 5/15 3
relationship with former spouse: w13 10/1 9-10
Shinto shrine for: g95 9/8 28
symbolic: it-1 643; ip-2 152-153
whether to obtain: w12 5/15 9-12; g 2/10 4-9; fy 158-159; w93 8/15 5; w88 5/15 6-7
when Scriptural: w18.12 12-13; g 6/15 13; g 2/10 5-8; g 10/09 21; g99 4/22 5-6, 9-10; g98 1/22 30; g97 4/8 23-24; g95 8/8 11; g93 7/8 9
whether to prepare for possibility of: g18.2 4; w88 5/15 7
Witness view: ijwfq article 54; jv 177
when filed for against a Witness: km 3/87 3