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No fault divorce set to become law in the UK

News Team, 11/02/2019

Legislation to introduce no-fault divorce in the UK is set to be introduced to parliament in the spring by Justice Minister David Gauke MP.

This reform will remove the need for separating couples to allocate blame to one of them for the end of the marriage. 

Mr Gauke launched a consultation last autumn on reforming the law and the responses received by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) showed support for the initiative. He told The Times the responses to the consultation were “overwhelmingly in support, which is why I remain as convinced as I have been for the need to reform this particular area”.

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