The government has announced new legislation to allow for a ‘no fault’ divorce. This is the first change in the divorce system for more than 40 years and will remove the need for either side to show ‘fault’, ending the right of one party to contest an application for divorce from the other. The new law will apply to marriages and civil partnerships, but will impose a minimum six-month reflection period before the petition for divorce and it becoming final.
The Ministry of Justice said the new legislation would be tabled “as soon as parliamentary time allows”.
Justice Secretary David Gauke […]
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