Family weekly highlights—12 June 2025
This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of a speech by Mr Justice Nick...
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020) 6 April 2022 and has been referred to as the biggest reform of divorce law in England and Wales for 50 years. It removed the requirement to establish one of the five facts contained in section 1(2) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) to establish irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and allows married couples to divorce without assigning blame, popularly known as ‘no-fault divorce’. There are equivalent provisions amending the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004). The aim of the changes is to reduce conflict between couples who are either married or are in a civil partnership.
DDSA 2020 makes significant amendments to MCA 1973 and CPA 2004.
In summary, with effect from 6 April 2022, changes that were introduced by DDSA 2020 included that:
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