In which century was divorce legalised (by Act of Parliament) in England?
Divorce the Bourbon restoration of 1816. The trend in Europe throughout the 19th century, was one of increased liberalisation; by the mid-19th century divorce was generally granted by civil courts in the case of adultery. In Britain before 1857 wives were regarded as under the economic and legal protection of their husbands, and divorce was almost impossible. It required a very expensive private Act of Parliament costing perhaps £200, of the sort only the richest could possibly afford. It was very difficult to secure divorce on the grounds of adultery, desertion, or cruelty. The first key legislative victory came with the
Divorce Act (Canada) Parliament passed its first "Divorce Act", which established a uniform divorce law across Canada. In addition to bringing about uniformity, the 1968 "Act": In 1986, Parliament replaced the "Act", which simplified the law of divorce further. It brought forth several significant changes: While divorce is a civil matter in Canadian law, lobbying from Jewish women’s groups such as the Canadian Coalition of Jewish Women for the Gett served to highlight the problem of "agunah" in Canada, and the connected problem of obtaining a "get" in the Jewish rabbinical courts. The "Act" was amended in 1990 to provide that: There are