Marriage certificates – not worth the paper they’re written on?

Apr 8, 2022 by Jill

By Ann Farmer, TCW:

‘NO-fault-divorce’ came into force this week amid controversy over its likely effects, with lawyers and family groups said to be ‘at loggerheads’.

Stuart Ruff, of the south London and Kent law firm Thackray Williams, said: ‘It is truly a hallelujah moment and will save couples untold pain of having to blame somebody for divorce.’

However, the Positive Parenting Alliance said the move was ‘far from the great leap forward needed to safeguard the mental health of children involved’. Even Baroness Shackleton, the lawyer who acted for Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Sir Paul McCartney in their divorces, warned: ‘The original pain of attributing blame may be removed, but what this act doesn’t do is sort out the money. And most of the torture is sorting out the finances.’

Christian Concern’s Andrea Williams commented: ‘No-fault divorce is really “no-reason” divorce. These laws now mean that one partner can impose divorce on the other and any children, forcing them to move house and break up the family. No one seems to care about the effects this legislation will have on youngsters and vulnerable women by making one-sided unilateral divorce legal.’

It would be interesting to know if there are any other contracts that can be legally terminated by only one party; as it is, a marriage certificate may soon be the only contract not worth the paper it is written on.

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Read also: No-fault divorce prizes the wishes of adults over the needs of children by Georgia Gilholy, Conservative Home

Divorces surge by almost 50% as ‘no fault’ law comes in, fuelling fears the rule change has made marriage splits easier, by James Tozer, Daily Mail

Is monogamy the media’s next target? by Dr Tony Rucinski, Coalition for Marriage:
Every aspect of the definition of marriage is being challenged. Same-sex marriage says it is no longer just between one man and one woman. No-fault divorce undermines marriage as being “for life”. Now parts of the media want to challenge monogamy.

What is radical monogamy? By John Stonestreet and Maria Baer, Christian Post:
Every once in a while, someone who doesn’t profess Christianity will stumble upon some sort of natural or moral law that Christians have professed for centuries.

“No-fault” divorce undermines marriage, by Jamie Gillies, The Critic