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It is not a ground for divorce if you find yourself in

[a_pawson]

Why is this case even happening? Surely it is time to amend the law such that "I do not want to be married to this person anymore" is enough of a reason to get divorced. I had no idea the law was so antiquated in this regard.

RE: It is not a ground for divorce if you find yourself in

[helflaed]

Well legislation was passed over 20 years ago, but it was never put into force.

[danieldwilliam]

I think the Scottish law on divorce is sufficiently different that a divorce would be granted based on the facts disclosed in the article.

[alitheapipkin]

Yeah, I had a discussion about this on twitter pointing out that in Scotland the rules are different. I wasn't sure it would be automatic - because they are still co-habiting and *she* had the affair - but it certainly sounds like unreasonable behaviour on his part to me.

[skington]

Isn't there also a "and after 2 years you can get divorced whatever happened" rule?

[andrewducker]

The circumstances that will lead to a finding by the court that there is an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage are:

the defender's adultery;[4]
behaviour of the defender that makes it unreasonable for the pursuer to live with the defender;[5]
not living as husband and wife for one year and there is consent to the divorce from both parties;[6]
not living as husband and wife for two years when one party objects to the divorce.[7]

She's still living there, so it would depend on how "living as husband and wife" is interpreted.

[bart_calendar]

It lots of America just hating the person isn't enough for a divorce. You have to either spend two years not living together or be able to prove they haven't had sex with you for a year (which is very hard to prove in court) or else have grounds.

I had to wait two years. I tried arguing that since I was dating other people I was clearly committing adultery, but they said that was fine while we were "seperated" i.e. not living together.

[kalimac]

It's one thing to call Tony Blair "arrogant and undemocratic," but it doesn't look so straightforward when the charge is coming from IDS.

[alextfish]

It is a very disconcerting feeling to be so completely in agreement with anything Tony Blair says.