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Book 4 · Family law  ›  Subtitle 1 · Grounds of divorce › Section 1566

Presumption of breakdown

(1) It is irrebuttably presumed that the marriage has broken down if the spouses have lived apart for a year and both spouses petition for divorce or the respondent consents to divorce.

(2) It is irrebuttably presumed that the marriage has broken down if the spouses have lived apart for three years.

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