In the 90s when this country finally woke up to the reality that marriage doesn't always work out and voted to allow divorce in this country. After several failed referenda, usually full of "we'll be like America and England where people can get married one day, divorced the next and marry someone else the next day" scaremongering, the government took the option to put a lengthy waiting time before divorce is allowed into the text.
As it stands you have to be separated for 4 out of the previous 5 years before you can apply for a divorce. This is longer than many prison sentences, people trapped in a marriage they want to get out of. In all the talk of law reform I haven't heard anything about this time period being revisited but in my opinion it should be halved, particularly in the current economic climate, people should be free to try to start over sooner.
I really don't understand why this isn't a bigger issue?
As it stands you have to be separated for 4 out of the previous 5 years before you can apply for a divorce. This is longer than many prison sentences, people trapped in a marriage they want to get out of. In all the talk of law reform I haven't heard anything about this time period being revisited but in my opinion it should be halved, particularly in the current economic climate, people should be free to try to start over sooner.
I really don't understand why this isn't a bigger issue?