Why is Reno famous for divorce?

Nevada, Reno in particular, became famous as the divorce capital in the 1940s and 1950s. It had a residency requirement of only six weeks, and the courts were quite accommodating in granting divorce decrees without a lot of acrimonious hearings. read more

Because of its six-week residency requirement and reputation for the "quickie divorce." Nevada was known for a willingness to shorten its already short residency requirement in order to pull in the economic benefits of divorce as early as 1898. read more

Famous People Divorced in Reno. Compiled by Mella Rothwell Harmon. A. Sherwood Anderson (novelist and short story writer). Anderson was divorced by his wife, the sculptor Tennessee Mitchell, in Reno in 1924. read more