Divorce law has undergone fundamental reshaping with the new no fault divorce having replaced the old system yesterday.  This is the biggest change divorce law has seen in 50 years. Under the old law, the ‘petitioner’ had to rely on one of five facts to show that the marriage had broken down irretrievably.  Three of these facts required that the couple had been separated for two years or more.  However, couples will often want a quick divorce so they can get financial arrangements in place as soon as possible.  The only way to do so was by apportioning blame with reliance on either the fact of the other’s adultery or unreasonable behaviour.  In the case of unreasonable behaviour, detailed allegations had to be made. Many professionals believed for some time that the old law, which originally came into force in … Continue reading →