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David Hodson on International Family Law: Dominican Republic and other superfast divorces

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Date:17 FEB 2012

International Family Law Practice by David Hodson

David Hodson

Newspapers at the weekend carried stories of a new service of superfast 24 hour divorces being offered to people in England. The catch: the need to spend a night in the Dominican Republic and there are far worse places in the world to spend 24 hours! The benefit: immediate divorce although the small print is slightly different. If the Family Law Act 1996 had been implemented we might now have 24 months for a divorce in England. With public service cuts the divorce process in any event is getting longer here. So there is a clear attraction and appeal for quicker divorces. Perhaps a new branch office in the Caribbean? I investigated further which meant my paralegal went surfing.

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