1. Divorce made more accessible as people no longer needed to prove the other partner guilty of matrimonial offences, changed to include 'irreversible breakdown of marriage'
2. Couples only needed to be separated for 2 years making divorce a quicker process
Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984
Further reduced the time of separation to 1 year, making divorces an even quicker process
Feminists like the Divorce Reform Act 1969 and Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 as it promotes gender equality
As women are more independent
They can leave unhappy marriages and remain financially stable (70% of divorces are petitioned by women)
Divorce
The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or another competent body
Divorce rates have been steadily increasing since the 1970s
Recently the divorce rates have been decreasing, likely due to the decline in marriages and increase in cohabitation
