That's a great idea. The only winners in divorce are lawyers.

How would renewable licenses change anything, except to collect more fees?

@1of5 if you don't renew then it's just dissolved, of course there would have to be some type of prenuptial / in case of fire break glass agreement that would have to be updated at every renewal. My opinion is based on my only marriage so far and I probably won't do that again mostly due to my recent ASD diagnosis.

@MaxPower just make a prenup mandatory to get a licence. Most of the things in a divorce revolve around kids, property, and money, which could be spelled out in a prenup.

Dissolving the liscense is the easy part (at least in Washington state, where mine was dissolved). To me renewing it is just another tax to be paid, and what happens if it lapses for some reason? Say one partner is battling cancer and the other is more worried/taking care of their partner and they just don't have the time or energy to do it? Marriage is annulled automatically and suddenly the partner doesn't have the rights of a spouse, plus insurance coverage might change. I can't see this as a solution to anything.

@1of5 call it a pipe dream, counselor. I know there's a post-nuptuial agreement as well but I'm not a huge fan of marriage anymore so I'm probably not really a voice of reason.

@MaxPower gotcha. Hope you do find happiness in whatever form of relationship you want.