What is Divorce?

When there is a lawful dissolution of the legal ties established at marriage, the marriage is said to be dissolved. Divorce, which may also be called dissolution of marriage, is a legal way of separating spouses other than through the death of one of them, so that the parties are free to remarry immediately or after a certain period.

Traditionally, human society did not favour divorce, and marriage established stable legal bonds. The evolution of societal norms has raised what spouses expect of each other. When those expectations are not fulfilled, conflicts arise. If the conflicts become incorrigible, disharmony follows, affecting mental health, behaviour, finances, work, and quality of life.

Identifying the point at which marital harmony is being lost, and one’s well-being with it, is an important step. With the experience of speaking with innumerable couples facing disharmony in their marital lives, we understand the emotional burden and the societal pressure a person goes through when separation is being considered.

Marriage, in historical jurisprudence, cannot be confined to a single principle. It is a union of two individuals and a social institution. The laws that govern it, and the fact of divorce in the present generation, sit on that longer history. None of this is a substitute for advice on a particular marriage.