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It is anyway a silly argument to say making divorce easier would lead to more

divorces and even it does it is still better than keeping people in subjection. I
dare say the fact that I know that my wife could easily divorce me would make
me walk the line even better than where I knew she could not and was stuck

with me so to speak. Then I would be able to take chances which I would not do

under the no-fault system for obvious reasons.

Statistics means nothing and should not be given more than indicative value.

After every war the amount of divorces sky-rockets as the veterans return and
the wife realise that the man under the uniform is not what she thought she

married. And the veteran realises that the woman he married is not his real soul
mate and a wartime romance is not a marriage. That is never taken into

account. Divorce is a fact of life.

No time limits

Do you need to be separated from each other (also known as divorced from

table and breakfast) before you can get divorced? The short answer is no. It
used to be like that but not anymore.

In other countries the law may require one year of separation before you can

start with proceedings in the hope or so they say that you will reconcile again or
so they say anyway. I don't believe that. Most probably this hampers back to the

Roman law of succession to see if the woman is pregnant or not before allowing
her to marry. You will remember we spoke about that during marriage that she

could not legally marry within one year of her husband's death? If so it is rather
silly for DNA made this a matter of science and not speculation. We know exactly

whose children are whose and it is really not a big deal to prove in court.

What mistakes are commonly made during divorce?

Failure to settle would be number one in my eyes. I note from my research and

speaking to other lawyers that this topic is mostly not seen from my viewpoint.
By far the majority of lawyers are concerned over bad settlements and feel it

their duty to protect their client from such an occurrence. They say that you
force the other side to reveal his assets only where you contest the divorce and

that alone is enough reason to contest it. They have a point and I am sure you

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