Divorce is the legal end of a valid marriage. To obtain a divorce, one spouse must sue the other in the [httphttps://www.courts.gov.bcbccourts.ca/supreme_court/ Supreme Court], and in general at least one of the spouses must have been "ordinarily resident" in British Columbia for the preceding year. To qualify for a divorce order, a spouse must prove that the marital relationship has broken down for one of three reasons: