DIVORCE AND JUDICIAL SEPARATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (Act No. 2 of 2011)
The main objects of the Act are: first, to provide for divorce or judicial separation by mutual consent or acceptance in principle of the breakdown of a marriage; second, to reduce, from 5 to 3 years, the period of separation required for a divorce or judicial separation on the ground of “rupture de la vie commune”; third, to simplify the process following the lodging of a petition; and fourth, to provide for the automatic conversion of a provisional decree into a permanent decree 3 months after the provisional decree has been granted, unless one of the parties objects not later than 15 days before the expiry of the 3 months.(Underlining is mine)
Status: Published in the Gazette No. 37 of 25 April 2011.
The main objects of the Act are: first, to provide for divorce or judicial separation by mutual consent or acceptance in principle of the breakdown of a marriage; second, to reduce, from 5 to 3 years, the period of separation required for a divorce or judicial separation on the ground of “rupture de la vie commune”; third, to simplify the process following the lodging of a petition; and fourth, to provide for the automatic conversion of a provisional decree into a permanent decree 3 months after the provisional decree has been granted, unless one of the parties objects not later than 15 days before the expiry of the 3 months.(Underlining is mine)
Status: Published in the Gazette No. 37 of 25 April 2011.
From: http://www.gov.mu/portal/sites/agolaws/recentact.htm
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