DIVORCE

Under current divorce law, in order to prove that the marriage has irretrievably broken down, the Petitioner needs to use one of five reasons.

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1. Adultery
2. Unreasonable behaviour
3. Desertion
4. Two years’ separation with consent
5. Five years’ separation without consent

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We do not have no-fault divorce even though there has been various discussions about introducing no-fault divorces. Currently parties will have to agree to the divorce if there is no fault and they wish to divorce in less than two years.