divorce ban
No legal separation
A divorce ban is a legal prohibition against ending marriages, making it impossible for married couples to legally separate regardless of circumstances.
The Philippines and Vatican City are the only places where such bans currently exist.
Historically, divorce bans have been tied to religious doctrine, particularly Catholic teaching on the permanence of marriage.
The country's divorce ban forces unhappy couples to seek costly annulments or simply live apart.
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- no faultAbsence of culpability
- legal separationFormal marital split, not dissolution
- marriageFormal union between partners
- marriage equalitySame legal wedlock for all
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Legal protections during separation
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Changing laws governing marital endings
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