Frequently Asked Questions
Under the updated no-fault divorce law regime, Parties will now have the opportunity to file a joint divorce application and the possibility of defending a divorce will be removed. Instead, there will remain limited circumstances where a divorce application can be disputed, such as in the case where the marriage validity itself is being questioned.
The terminology used in divorce will also be changing. The person who makes the application for divorce will now be known as the applicant, no longer the petitioner. The usual orders made in the fault divorce process are called Decree Nisi and Decree Absolute. For the no-fault divorce law regime, these will be renamed the Conditional Order and the Final Order to simplify the terminology.
