Pdf guide to divorce A GUIDE TO DIVORCE Deciding that your marriage has ended can be very di ?cult If you are not sure whether your marriage is at an end there are relationship counselling services which may be useful in helping you to clarify how you fee
A GUIDE TO DIVORCE Deciding that your marriage has ended can be very di ?cult If you are not sure whether your marriage is at an end there are relationship counselling services which may be useful in helping you to clarify how you feel and which can support you through your separation You can attend counselling with or without your husband This legal guide sets out the law and procedure on divorce When marriages break down there are often other issues that need to be resolved such as child contact or ?nancial matters Further advice about these can be found on our legal guides A Guide to Child Contact and A Guide to Financial Arrangements after Marriage Breakdown which are free to download from the Rights of Women website www rightsofwomen org uk see ? Other useful contacts ? at the end of this legal guide The law In order to apply for a divorce you must be legally married Some foreign or religious marriage ceremonies are not recognised by the law of England and Wales see below If you are unsure whether or not you are legally married please consult our legal guide A Guide to Marriage or seek legal advice by telephoning our advice line or consulting a solicitor You cannot apply for a divorce until you have been married for one year There is only one ??ground ? or reason for divorce This is that your marriage has irretrievably broken down In order to prove your marriage has broken down irretrievably you must set out in your divorce petition details of one of ?ve facts Adultery Your husband has committed adultery with another woman or other women and you ?nd it intolerable to live with him Adultery is sexual intercourse between a married person and a person of the opposite sex who is not their spouse If your husband admits to committing adultery and consents to the divorce proceeding on this fact then the divorce should succeed If he does not admit to committing adultery you will have to provide the court with evidence to prove that he had sexual intercourse with another woman and this can be very di ?cult It is also necessary to prove that it is intolerable to live with your husband but this does not have to be as a consequence of the adultery and can be as a result of some other behaviour If you continue to live with your husband for months after you ?nd out about his adultery then you will not be able to apply for a divorce on the basis of that incident of adultery You may name the woman who committed adultery with your husband in the divorce petition but if you do this you will have to serve the divorce papers on her as well as your husband and this will cause further expense and delay if she does not co-operate Unreasonable behaviour Your husband has behaved in such a way that you cannot reasonably
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