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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edition" data-source="post: 19859095" data-attributes="member: 407691">DIVORCE LAWS The Marriage Registration Ordinance and the Civil Procedure Code  constitute the general law on divorce.485 The provisions of the  ordinance firmly establish divorce as faultbased and case law has  reaffirmed this concept. Grounds for divorce under the ordinance are the following: <ol style="text-align: center"> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">adultery;  <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/eek.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":eek:" title="eek    :eek:" data-shortname=":eek:" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">malicious desertion;<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/shocked.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked    :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" /> and  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">incurable impotence at the time of marriage.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></li> </ol> Cruelty is not a ground for divorce, although it may be a factor in  determining malicious desertion. Physical illtreatment per se is also  not a ground for divorce under the general law, but it is a cause for  legal separation. In cases of adultery,courts have required proof beyond  reasonable doubt as the standard of proof;they also have required the  specification of the date and place of the act. An aggrieved spouse may  recover damages from the person with whom adultery is committed.  Malicious desertion has been judicially defined as "the deliberate and  unconscientious,definite and final repudiation of the obligations of the  marriage state … and it clearly implies something in the nature of a  wicked mind." The intent to terminate the marital relationship and the  actual termination of cohabitation are both necessary elements. The law  also recognizes constructive desertion,whereby the innocent spouse is  forced to leave because of the behavior of the other spouse. In  addition to the grounds for divorce under the Marriage Registration  Ordinance, the Civil Procedure Code permits either spouse to petition  for dissolution of marriage two years from the date of a decree of  judicial separation or, notwithstanding such decree,where there has been  a separation a mensa et thoro (from bed and board) for seven years.492  However, courts have not been consistent in applying this provision,and  the current law holds that separation alone is an insufficient ground  for divorce.493 The general law on divorce as it stands is thus firmly  fault based. However, the law is currently under scrutiny and a draft  Matrimonial Causes Act, which explicitly introduces irretrievable  breakdown of marriage as a new ground of divorce, is under  consideration. </blockquote>

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