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===Divorce=== | ===Divorce=== | ||
Divorce is the legal dissolution of a valid marriage. To obtain a divorce, one spouse must sue the other in the [http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/ Supreme Court of British Columbia], and at least one of the spouses must have been "ordinarily resident" in British Columbia for the | Divorce is the legal dissolution of a valid marriage. To obtain a divorce, one spouse must sue the other in the [http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/ Supreme Court of British Columbia], and at least one of the spouses must have been "ordinarily resident" in British Columbia for the preceding year. In order to qualify for a divorce order, the application must be based on one of three grounds: | ||
#separation for a period of not less than one year, | #separation for a period of not less than one year, | ||
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It is possible to oppose an application for a divorce order, although this rarely happens. In general, once one of the grounds for divorce has been established, the courts will allow the divorce application, despite the objections of the other spouse. | It is possible to oppose an application for a divorce order, although this rarely happens. In general, once one of the grounds for divorce has been established, the courts will allow the divorce application, despite the objections of the other spouse. | ||
For various reasons, getting divorced can sometimes be a low priority in some people's lives. Frankly, most people have better things to do with their time than filing the paperwork necessary to get divorced, especially if that's the only legal issue to deal with. With the passage of time, spouses can lose track of each other, and it sometimes happens when one spouse decides to move on the divorce issue the other spouse can't be found, and the divorce order gets made without the other spouse being told about it! If you're not sure if you're divorced, see [[How Do I Find Out if I'm Divorced?]] It's located in the section ''Marriage, Separation & Divorce'' in the ''How Do I?'' part of this resource. | |||
==A few surprisingly common misunderstandings== | ==A few surprisingly common misunderstandings== | ||