This is sad and messed up. This is clearly a guy who totally lost it. A desperate attempt to save his marriage. You can't force love...even after 33 years of marriage. And I can understand 33 years is a long time, and being alone again is just horrible. But it's harmful and futile to legally force someone to be with you! Honestly I was laughing because this sounds like a premise of a bad rom-com.
If anything it will drive her away even more. He needs to take her leaving as a sign that something is really wrong and he needs do his best to fix himself. Let her go and get better. Maybe she'll come back, on her own. Highly unlikely, but that's the only slim chance he has of salvaging the relationship.

No one should be forced to be with someone against his or her will. This is the same kind of religious laws that several religions want people to follow.

17 states, out of how many? Can you travel to a state with no fault divorce and get a divorce there?

That dude needs to stay out of other people's business.

I represented myself and my ex and did our no fault divorce through the state. She gave me that right and we each kept what was ours. It cost us about $200 total and I think that was a filing fee. Much different if you have children.

I've never understood why anyone would want to stay married to someone who no longer wants to be married to them.

I would love to know her reasons for divorcing him.

He'll loose. Good thing too.

Well, anybody can sue. Not everybody wins.

Marriage—another outdated construct good only for tax purposes.