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Difference between revisions of "Divorce Act Basics"

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====The effect of forgiveness====
====The effect of forgiveness====


The court <span class="noglossary">will</span> not grant a divorce based on adultery or cruelty if the adultery or cruelty has been forgiven. If the bad behaviour has been forgiven, the marital relationship hasn't broken down and the court can't make the divorce order.
The court <span class="noglossary">will</span> not grant a divorce based on adultery or cruelty if the adultery or cruelty has been forgiven, or ''condoned''. If the bad behaviour has been condoned, the marital relationship hasn't broken down and the court can't make the divorce order.


===When can the court make the divorce order?===
===When can the court make the divorce order?===