Submitted on Thursday 9th September 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 15th September 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: fake-name (see below for details)
Change the law to prevent uncontested divorce applications being rejected
At present, courts can reject an uncontested divorce application, signed by both parties, if they do not believe that there is sufficient evidence/reason to prove that the marriage has irretrievably broken down. The law should be changed so that courts cannot reject uncontested divorce applications.
Courts should not have the power to decide if a marriage has broken down; they should not have the power to decide if reasons given constitute unreasonable behaviour and they should not be able to reject an uncontested divorce application.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
If you want to resubmit your petition, you should be clearer about the change you want the Government to make to existing divorce rules. For example, you could start a petition calling on the Government to allow couples to divorce by agreement without needing to apply to a court, if that's something you would like to happen.
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