2. Grounds for divorce
You can give 1 of the following 5 reasons for a divorce - the court calls these ‘facts’.
Adultery
Your husband or wife had sex with someone else of the opposite sex, and you can no longer bear to live with them.
You can give 1 of the following 5 reasons for a divorce - the court calls these ‘facts’.
Adultery
Your husband or wife had sex with someone else of the opposite sex, and you can no longer bear to live with them.
2. Grounds for divorce
You can give 1 of the following 5 reasons for a divorce - the court calls these ‘facts’.
Adultery
Your husband or wife had sex with someone else of the opposite sex, and you can no longer bear to live with them.
It doesn’t count as adultery if they had sex with someone of the same sex. This includes if you’re in a same-sex marriage.
You can’t give adultery as a reason if you lived with your husband or wife for 6 months after you found out about it.
Unreasonable behaviour
Your husband or wife behaved so badly that you can no longer bear to live with them.
This could include:
physical violence
verbal abuse, eg insults or threats
drunkenness or drug-taking
refusing to pay for housekeeping
Desertion
Your husband or wife has left you:
without your agreement
without a good reason
to end your relationship
for more than 2 years in the past 2.5 years
You can still claim desertion if you have lived together for up to a total of 6 months in this period.
You have lived apart for more than 2 years
You can get a divorce if you’ve lived apart for more than 2 years and both agree to the divorce.
Your husband or wife must agree in writing.
You can give 1 of the following 5 reasons for a divorce - the court calls these ‘facts’.
Adultery
Your husband or wife had sex with someone else of the opposite sex, and you can no longer bear to live with them.
It doesn’t count as adultery if they had sex with someone of the same sex. This includes if you’re in a same-sex marriage.
You can’t give adultery as a reason if you lived with your husband or wife for 6 months after you found out about it.
Unreasonable behaviour
Your husband or wife behaved so badly that you can no longer bear to live with them.
This could include:
physical violence
verbal abuse, eg insults or threats
drunkenness or drug-taking
refusing to pay for housekeeping
Desertion
Your husband or wife has left you:
without your agreement
without a good reason
to end your relationship
for more than 2 years in the past 2.5 years
You can still claim desertion if you have lived together for up to a total of 6 months in this period.
You have lived apart for more than 2 years
You can get a divorce if you’ve lived apart for more than 2 years and both agree to the divorce.
Your husband or wife must agree in writing.
