• Unreasonable behaviour: you may obtain a Divorce by relying on the “irretrievable breakdown” of your marriage if you are able to prove that your spouse must have behaved in such a way that you cannot reasonably be expected to live with your spouse
  • If you wish to rely on your spouse’s unreasonable behaviour as a ground for Divorce, you must satisfy the following criteria:
    • You must prove that your spouse has behaved or continues to behave in such a way that you cannot reasonably be expected to live with him / her.
    • You must also have stopped living together with your spouse within 6 months after the final incidence of unreasonable behaviour.
    • You cannot rely on the unreasonable behaviour as a grounds for Divorce if you had continued to live with your spouse for more than 6 months after the final incidence of unreasonable behaviour.
  • Examples of your spouse’s unreasonable behaviour may include situations where he / she has acted in the following way:
    • Your spouse committed family violence by:
      • Placing a family member in fear of hurt.
      • Causing hurt to a family member.
      • Wrongfully confining or restraining a family member against their will.
      • Causing continual harassment with intent to cause anguish to a family member, including verbal abuse, psychological or emotional abuse.
    • Your spouse neglected the family (e.g. keeping late nights, not financially supporting the family, irresponsibly incurring debts that adversely affect the family).
    • Your spouse committed adultery with or has improper associations with a third party.
    • Your spouse committed domestic violence.

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