DIVORCE LAW

Law: Divorce Law

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Law: Divorce Law

Divorce is the officially authorised breakup of a marriage. Almost half of the marriages in the United Kingdom end by means of divorce. Divorce is a stressful change as comparing with other major life changes of people. It produces adverse effects on variety of life containing issues such as living standards and arrangements, jobs and professional careers, financial stability and income issues, schedules and many more. Furthermore, the worst thing is the effects of divorce on children and this may deeply affects their personality and thoughts regarding their parent's marriage breakups. Research studies show that marriage and divorce both are common experiences of life. On the other hand, fine and healthy marriages are good for couples in terms of providing to them good physical and mental conditions. Similarly, healthy marriages are also good for healthy betterment, development and growth of children. Children are growing up with a concept of protection with respect to the happy home and this atmosphere provides them better opportunities for their development and protects them from the harms of mental, physical, educational, social and other issues. Unfortunately, almost 40% to 50 % of married couples in the United Kingdom go for divorce and the rate of marriage breakups is subsequently higher than ever. Research studies have reported that the family law and its impact on divorce rate is temporally and as a result of this, non-serious attitude there has been an increasing rate of divorce in the United Kingdom. One of the reasons which are contributing to the rising levels of divorce is the attribution of increasing growth in terms of real income for women, which has been responsible for increment of post divorce welfare in terms of providing some measures for financial independences (Smith, 1997, pp. 519-544).

The Pope could cancel the marriages before the reformation in England and Wales but after in the year 1530, the power for calling off valid marriages by the church courts had no more available in the countries of Northern Europe, because these countries had developed a form which was related to divorce that was able to allow the remarry concept of at least one of the individual after the death of other individual. On the other hand, at that time in England and Wales the ideology of second marriage was only possible when one of the partners was dead. Furthermore, such remedial actions which were under consideration were produced unsatisfactory outcomes that could lad adverse results. However, that issue was resolved by the establishment of Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, which was introduced in 20th century and that was able to provide the opportunities as well as possibilities for divorce and second marriage to the majority of people as compared to the previous established trends in this regard. Before the year 1858, the church courts provided only one of the two options and unfortunately, both of the options were too costly to be implemented as well as few and far between up to ...