LawNow, June 1st, 2005
Marriage is more than a simple contract between spouses, or a thing, which they can dissolve by their own acts and choice, even consensually. It is a status, involving other and more important interests.
--Viscount Birkenhead L.C. in Rutherford v. Richardson (1923)
The ending of a marriage is one of the great themes of literature. Marriage is indeed more than a simple contract between spouses. It is clearly something that society holds dear. The desire to encourage and support the institution of marriage has meant that, until the current era, there were powerful hurdles to gaining a divor...
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