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<p>A decree nisi is the provisional decree of divorce pronounced when the court is
satisfied that a person has met the legal and procedural requirements to obtain a
divorce. The sole ground for divorce is that the marriage has broken down irretrievably.
Currently, the law requires a person seeking a divorce to satisfy the court of one
of five ‘facts’. One fact requires that the parties of the marriage have lived apart
for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation
of the petition for divorce, and that the respondent consents to a decree being granted.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2018 there were 118,355 divorce petitions, of which 32,297 (27%) cited the
two-year separation fact. Following a divorce petition, further applications are required
for the decree nisi to be granted and then for it to be made absolute, bringing a
legal end to the marriage.</p>
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