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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 | 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], 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, | ||