Divorce
Divorced is a redirect to this article. See also: The divorced, The divorced woman or Divorced people.
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1. there is no clear distinction between civil law and religious law aspects. In societies that do not know civil marriage, divorce has a very different meaning than in societies with civil marriage. 2. unfortunately, almost nothing about the conceptualization of fault and breakdown so central to the history of divorce law. While the principle of breakdown was introduced in Sweden, for example, as early as 1915, in Poland the principle of fault still applies today. The article does not even hint at the diversity of international situations.
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A divorce is the dissolution of a marriage. Divorced is one of the four family statuses recognised worldwide, along with single, married and widowed. Divorce is possible in all states except the Philippines and the Vatican City State, but the procedure and meaning can vary greatly.
In addition to divorce, there are various forms of declaring a marriage to be invalid from the outset or to have come into existence, such as annulment, nullity and annulment on formal grounds. Same-sex marriages can also be divorced, and registered civil partnerships are annulled (§ 15 LPartG). A divorce does not annul the relationship of affinity.
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African legal system
- Namibia: Divorce (Namibia)
Asian legal system
- China: Divorce (China)
- Japan: Marriage and divorce in Japan
European legal order
- Germany: Divorce (Germany)
- Italy: A peculiarity of the law in Italy is the conversion of a judicially ordered separation from table and bed into a dissolution of marriage by divorce.
- Austria: Divorce (Austria)
- Switzerland: Divorce (Switzerland)
- Turkey: Divorce (Turkey)
Economic aspects
Stephen Jenkins (Institute for Social and Economic Research, Council of the International Association for Research on Income and Wealth) came to the conclusion in a long-term study that men in Great Britain improved considerably economically after a divorce, whereas women deteriorated. This statement is often true even when it is not a question of fathers and mothers, i.e. when the question of providing for children is not at issue.
In contrast, the study The Economic Consequences of Separation and Divorce commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs states: Although the labour force participation of divorced households is slightly higher than that of married couples, divorced and separated households are clearly overrepresented in the lower income classes. However, divorced men are less affected by the negative effects than divorced women.
Since the 2008 reform of maintenance law, single parents in Germany can only expect childcare maintenance from their ex-partner if their child is under three years old, unless there is a claim for equitable maintenance (for example, if there is no childcare available).
In Germany, pension entitlements acquired during marriage are generally divided equally. However, since 2009 there has been the option for one spouse to opt for an individual solution - e.g. in the case of a company pension scheme - in order to compensate for disadvantages in the event of divorce. An extension of maintenance obligations in the case of long marriages planned for 2013 was intended to increase the amount of lifelong maintenance claims in the case of long marriages beyond that limited by disadvantages due to marriage.
