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dimity_blueWoman appeals against divorce refusal.
A woman who says she is "desperately unhappy" in her 39-year marriage is fighting a legal battle against a court's refusal to grant her divorce.
Why? Because her husband disagreed and said the couple still had a "few years" to enjoy. (He's 78, she's 66.)
Judge Robin Tolson ruled against Mrs Owens in the family court last year, concluding that her allegations were "of the kind to be expected in marriage" and refused to grant a divorce petition.
To be quite frank, fuck that. No one can force you to remain married in the UK.
A woman who says she is "desperately unhappy" in her 39-year marriage is fighting a legal battle against a court's refusal to grant her divorce.
Why? Because her husband disagreed and said the couple still had a "few years" to enjoy. (He's 78, she's 66.)
Judge Robin Tolson ruled against Mrs Owens in the family court last year, concluding that her allegations were "of the kind to be expected in marriage" and refused to grant a divorce petition.
To be quite frank, fuck that. No one can force you to remain married in the UK.
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Date: 2017-02-15 04:10 pm (UTC)Having been through the process myself, I did find it a lot heavier legally than I expected.
I didn't have to attend the actual court proceedings but I did have to swear an oath in front of the clerk that the statements I'd made in documents I submitted were true.
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Date: 2017-02-16 05:24 pm (UTC)Hopefully she'll win the appeal.
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Date: 2017-02-15 04:16 pm (UTC)It's utterly bizarre, isn't it? I read it earlier, and I thought maybe I'd swigged from the wrong bottle or something. What sort of society are we living in, for goodness sake?
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Date: 2017-02-15 09:10 pm (UTC)The world is going down the toilet....
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