Previously, unless adultery, unreasonable behaviour or desertion could be proven, the only way to get divorced without the agreement of a spouse was to live separately for five years.
"It made things worse, knowing that one of us was going to have unreasonable behaviour on our divorce certificate. It delayed the process because it brought up some mixed feelings between us.
"We didn't have many bad things in our marriage so you're almost trying to exaggerate some of the not so nasty things that happened between us.She thinks the no-fault divorce legalisation is"great" and would have made her divorce proceedings a much quicker process. Kate Daly, the co-founder of legal services company Amicable, told Sky News:"We are delighted that the law has finally changed and that the blame game is ending.Ms Daly said that she founded Amicable after her divorce, which she described as a"train wreck" and left her financially and emotionally exhausted.
She added:"You hear so many stories of people coming out of divorce being utterly bereft with huge mental health issues, that can lead to debts and it can lead to the further breakdown of relationships within the family - whether that's extended family or whether it's the relationship between a parent and a child.The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act also allows couples to jointly file for divorce.
Under the new legislation, one spouse contesting a divorce does not stand in the way of the other filing for divorce.
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