Also on tap in the Assembly is the no -
fault divorce deal that was reached in recent days with the Senate.
Not exact matches
The legal costs of actually getting a
divorce vary a great
deal as well, with some states allowing no -
fault divorces and others demanding more complicated proceedings to show some wrongdoing by one spouse.
While shedding further light on an aspect of the law seldom visited, highlighting the risks involved in filing documents in a manner which can not be tracked / traced and illustrating the types of complication with which the courts will increasingly have to
deal with ever more litigants in person, the case is perhaps most striking for what it highlights about the current
fault - based
divorce system.
The
fault - based
divorce system that has produced such a situation sits very uncomfortably alongside the court's overriding objective to
deal with cases justly, ensuring that they are
dealt with expeditiously and fairly, in a way which is proportionate to the nature, importance and complexity of the issues.
In a conventional litigated «no
fault»
divorce, people are left with no way to
deal with anger or grief.
This week Sir James Munby, the head of the family court, stated that consideration should be given to the process of
divorce being
dealt with by a «registrar of births, deaths, marriages and
divorce» rather than by Judges and for there to be an introduction of «no -
fault»
divorce.
But the Family Law Commission responsible for devising no -
fault divorce said, «We're not going to
deal with child custody and child support.
Outside, the Royal Courts of Justice today, Lord Justice Munby spoke of a move towards a no
fault divorce process making
divorce an administrative matter
dealt with at a register of birth, death, marriages (and
divorces).
The no -
fault laws have proven effective in
dealing with
divorce cases that are for the most part, undisputed.