Collocations withdivorce
These are words often used in combination withdivorce.
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contested divorce
For a five-year period to operate in the case of a contested divorce puts the non-consenting party in a very strong bargaining position.
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divorce case
Moreover, the order made by magistrates in these cases forms the basis of a divorce case.
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divorce law
Three distinct strands of opinion worked together to press for a re-evaluation of the operation of divorce law.
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divorce lawyer
He hails from a family with a significant naval history, and, as he mentioned, has a continuing career as a divorce lawyer.
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divorce papers
A few months later, he was served with divorce papers by his new wife.
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divorce proceedings
The second type of divorce proceedings, in the family courts, is characterised by parties from the middle and upper classes.
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divorce rate
Three talked unprompted of the high divorce rate.
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divorce settlement
According to most schools, this law cannot be overruled by a contractual agreement between the spouses, and therefore a divorce settlement in which the wife forfeits this right is invalid.
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divorce suit
A divorce suit gave judges the opportunity to redefine what the marriage bond meant.
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effect of divorce
Third, we demonstrate the importance of initial levels of stressful life events in mediating the effect of divorce on adolescents' depressive symptoms and examine their longitudinal significance.
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no-fault divorce
She argues for marriage based on affection and in favor of no-fault divorce.
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parental divorce
For men, both parental divorce and age at completion of education showed significant effects during the central, interquartile partnership formation phase.
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