Following the removal of the Constitutional ban on Divorce in the November 1995 referendum, this Act sets out the machinery to allow individuals to apply for a decree of divorce from either the Circuit or High Court.

Fionnuala McGinley, Associate in A & L Goodbody's Litigation Department and member of our Family Law Unit, looks at the new provisions.

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