Divorce legislation reforms will lead to spike in marriages ending, MPs informed

In its response to the session this spring, the government made clear that it did “no longer expect the divorce fee to boost within the long term, however there may well be a short-time period transitional enhance in the extent of divorces.”

Following the bill analyzing, Jo Edwards, head of household on the legislations enterprise, Forsters, spoke of: “it's a commonly made charge that there will be a surge in the variety of divorces with the introduction of no fault divorce.  although, that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny and isn’t the adventure of alternative countries which have long gone through the transition to no fault divorce.”

She introduced: “There are a few my purchasers who, conscious that trade is within the offing, are at this time brooding about anticipating the new law to come back into impact so that they don’t must apportion blame, which most don’t wish to do.  for this reason, at most, I predict to see a short-term raise within the variety of divorces I tackle immediately after the law is modified, to replicate those who have waited, however no long run have an effect on.”

Harry Benson, spokesman for the marriage foundation, noted:

“There isn't any rationale whatsoever to accept as true with these new law reforms will cause an increase within the variety of marriages ending. however there is likely to be a brief term blip as those ready two years are accelerated. this is what happened in Scotland when equivalent reforms were made in 2006. Thereafter divorce numbers persevered their downtrend as in England and Wales.