This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Change the law to prevent uncontested divorce applications being rejected
At present, courts can reject an uncontested divorce application, signed by both parties, if they do not believe that there is sufficient evidence/reason to prove that the marriage has irretrievably broken down. The law should be changed so that courts cannot reject uncontested divorce applications.
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Courts should not have the power to decide if a marriage has broken down; they should not have the power to decide if reasons given constitute unreasonable behaviour and they should not be able to reject an uncontested divorce application.
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