{"id":38698,"date":"2018-05-21T08:13:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T08:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=38698"},"modified":"2019-04-17T17:13:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:13:56","slug":"could-no-fault-divorce-become-legal-woman-fights-to-legalise-no-blame-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/could-no-fault-divorce-become-legal-woman-fights-to-legalise-no-blame-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Could no-fault divorce become legal? Woman fights to legalise \u2018no blame\u2019 divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A woman fighting to end her \u201cloveless\u201d marriage<\/a> could pave the way for \u2018no blame\u2019 divorces<\/a> to be legalised in the UK.<\/p>\n

Tini Owens<\/a>, 66, who has been fighting to end her marriage since 2015, will launch a Supreme Court battle<\/a> today that could introduce \u2018no-fault\u2019 divorce clause. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Although Owens has wanted a divorce since 2015, her husband, 78, has legally contested her divorce filing, insisting that they \u201cstill have a few years of old age together,\u201d reported The Guardian<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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This makes Owens\u2019 husband part of the one percent of people who have legally contested\u00a0their partner filing for divorce<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The case may be unusual, but it could result in a more amicable reason for married couples to end their relationship.<\/p>\n

As it stands, there are five reasons why couples in the UK can divorce \u2013 and they all require one member of the party taking the blame.<\/p>\n

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Under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 in England and Wales, if one party can provide adultery, unreasonable behaviour or desertion, then the marriage can be terminated.<\/p>\n

Divorce campaigners have welcomed the move, and hope that it will provide a more amicable end to a marriage<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you apply for a divorce, you must prove your marriage has broken down and give one of the following five reasons \u2013 adultery, unreasonable behaviour, desertion, you have lived apart from more than two years and both agree to the divorce or you have lived apart for at least five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of divorce petitions in England and Wales are not contested.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, in this case, the husband defended the petition, stating he wasn\u2019t convinced the marriage had broken down, even though there was no way their relationship was going to be reconciled,\u201d said solicitor Kelvin Henderson to PinkNews.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court will look at how the court, as a matter of law, should approach unreasonable behaviour petitions. <\/p>\n

\u201cOnly Parliament can change the law to permit no-fault divorce, so this case won\u2019t change the procedure to get a divorce but it has already highlighted the serious shortcomings of the procedure in today\u2019s world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a matter of allowing people to come out of a marriage with more dignity, it\u2019s about making it more kinder, not easier.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

They can divorce after two years of separation with mutual consent, or five years separation with no consent required.<\/p>\n

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Recent ONS figures revealed that lesbian couples are two and a half times more likely to get a divorce, reported The Independent<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 2016, a total of 87 same-sex\u00a0female partnerships ended in divorce, while 25 same-sex marriages<\/a> between men broke down.<\/p>\n

American Christian publication Christian Today<\/em> argued that couples should stay in unhappy marriages because it is \u201crarely permanent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnhappiness is rarely permanent. Given time, most couples emerge from periods of unhappiness,\u201d they wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrevious American research that looked at this has found that people either work at it, go on a marriage course, change their attitude or change their circumstances. Either way, most find happiness. That\u2019s good news for them and for their children.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kevin McGee and Matt Lucas are one of the high-profile gay couples who have divorced (Getty)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, the number of same-sex couples ending their relationship is comparatively small.<\/p>\n

Another 106,959 heterosexual couples divorced in the same year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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