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not be reasonably possible to save it though you did try to do so. Then what

happens to the children and what settlement did you reach. Very simple in
theory that is!

It does not matter whose fault it was though in cases where a marriage ends in
divorce and it is clear that one of the parties is to blame, the innocent partner

may be awarded partial or total forfeiture of the benefits of the marriage in
community of property. Note this is when married in community of property.

When married out of community of property with the accrual system he may
lose his half share worked out according to the formula. However, I have serious

doubts if it will stand the test of equality in law should it be challenged!

This is typically where a bimbo or gigolo for that matter took advantage of a rich
elderly (or not) spouse and continued a life of indiscretion and it is obvious what

took place. You know what I mean since you read of this every now and then in
the newspapers.

In my eyes and I have many supporters(for once) the non-fault system works
the best and there is statistics showing that domestic violence and female

suicides are less than with the no fault system. Some say the divorce rate is up
and other say it is down so no-one knows. Surely it would be wrong and

extremely dangerous to keep unhappy couples together. I read about places
where the husband would visit a prostitute (not necessarily doing anything) just

to have a cause to get divorced and have this against his record forever.

Assuredly this is not right and very silly to me but not everyone agrees.

Some say that it made divorce too easy and I suspect that they made the

mistake of bringing religion into it. Yes, I do know the Bible only allows divorce
under certain very strict conditions but the Bible is not the law of the country. I

am a believer as I say in all my books that will always rather follow the Bible
than the law. The fact is humans make mistakes and many marry the wrong

person for whatever reason. It happens more often than not as statistics shows.
Are they to suffer now for their mistakes? Or commit murder to escape? Or be

unhappy forever? Religion has no place in law unless the law is clearly wrong.

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