Divorce

The European Parliament gave its backing on Dec. 13 to opening the next phase of Brexit talks, but said Britain must “fully and faithfully” turn last week’s hard-fought divorce deal into a final exit treaty.

The Court of Cassation has ruled that a married man’s hosting of his single friends as overnight guests, without prior approval from his wife, is a reason for divorce and compensation.

Britain and the European Union reached a historic deal on Brexit divorce terms on Dec. 8 that allows them to open up talks on a future relationship after the split.

Turkey’s top religious body, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), has issued a fatwa on divorce, stating that couples may get divorced via telephone call, fax, letter, text message or internet.

Draft legislation that would simplify the procedure couples have to follow to obtain divorce by mutual consent, even allowing their official separation to be confirmed within an hour, has been submitted to Parliament.

Divorces in Greece are on the rise, as married couples are trying to take advantage of laws that favour singles regarding tax cuts.

India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce their wives–by saying “talaq” three times–as unconstitutional.

India's top court on Aug. 22 banned an Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, ending a long tradition that many Muslim women had fiercely opposed.

The Supreme Court ruled that the practice of "triple talaq", whereby Muslim men can divorce their wives by reciting the word talaq (divorce) three times, was both "unconstitutional and un-Islamic."

The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence is called the Istanbul Convention. It was signed in Istanbul in 2011. Turkey worked tremendously hard to reach an agreement with member-states and it became the first country to sign it.

The age difference between you and your partner could impact the longevity of your relationship.
A study from Emory University in Atlanta showed that there was a link between a couple’s age gap and the likelihood of separation.
After looking at data from 3,000 participants, experts found that the bigger the age difference between partners, the greater the risk of separation.