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  Getting a divorce used to be very difficult. This is no longer the case. A divorce can be obtained in this country, where the mar¬riage has ‘irretrievably broken down'. But if the parties have been married for less than three years, then even if they both wish to be divorced, they are not permitted to file a divorce petition except by special permission of a judge, which is only granted in exceptional circumstances. Another restriction upon bringing divorce proceedings is that one of the parties must be legally domiciled or resident in England and Wales when the proceedings are star¬ted.
  A person who brings divorce proceedings is called the petitioner (P). The other spouse is called the respondent (R). If the petitioner's case succeeds, the judge grants a decree nisi of divorce. A final decree, the decree absolute, can normally be obtained six weeks later. This delay allows any irregularities to be discovered before the marriage is finally brought to an end.
  Adultery means voluntary sexual intercourse between a spouse and a third party of the opposite sex. Intimacies short of intercourse do not constitute adultery. P has to prove that adultery took place. The easiest way for him to do so is by obtaining a confession statement signed by R and the co-respondent (the person with whom P has allegedly commited adultery) which sets out the time and place at which acts of adultery took place. If R is unwilling to furnish such a statement,

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