Divorce

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What do the conditions of your marriage have to be to get a divorce?
Be married for at least a year. Have a marriage that is legally recognised in the UK. Have a permanent home in England or Wales.
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What is the most recent trend after people get a divorce?
Divorce parties
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What are the three steps to a divorce?
File a divorce petition. Apply for a decree nisi. Apply for a decree absolute.
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What does filing for a divorce petition entail?
Apply to court for permission and show reasons
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What does applying for a decree nisi entail?
Agreed by partner. Show there is no reason why you can't get a divorce
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What is a decree absolute?
It legally ends the marriage.
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When can you apply for a decree absolute?
6 weeks after you get the decree nisi
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What are the 5 grounds of divorce?
Adultery. Unreasonable behaviour. Desertion. Lived a part for more than two years. Lived a part for more than five years.
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Why is divorce not welcomed in the Old Testament? (2)
In Malachi God says 'I hate divorce'. Moses taught that divorce was permitted if he found out something indecent about his wife.
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What did Jesus say about divorce?
It is wrong and that the rules in the Old Testament are not strict enough.
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When would Jesus accept divorce?
Adultery
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Will the Church of England allow someone with a divorce to remarry?
They decided that they can.
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What does the Orthodox do about divorcees remarrying?
It allows them to get married a second or third time and they are performed out of the spiritual well-being of those involved.
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What does the Catholic Church about remarrying those that have divorced from someone else?
It allows them to get a divorce but not remarry as they are still seen as married because a sacrament cannot be undone. It would be a sin.
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What is annulment?
A declaration that a marriage was flawed and did not actually happen.
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Can people get married again after an annulment?
Yes
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What circumstance may someone get granted an annulment by the Pope?
If the couple were mentally unfit to understand the seriousness of the marriage?
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How do Christians help people to stay together? (3)
Marriage counselling, praying, speaking to the minister or priest.
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