Introduce a fast-track divorce procedure for victims of domestic abuse

Victims of domestic abuse need to go through the same divorce process as everyone else. This can be time-consuming, costly and traumatic. The Government should implement a fast-track process for victims of domestic abuse to get a divorce, to ensure victims can legally separate from their abuser.

This petition closed on 5 Oct 2022 with 184 signatures


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Many people who have suffered or continue to suffer from physical and mental abuse struggle to get a divorce, and abusers can use legal avenues to obstruct divorces proceedings and cause distress to their victims. This must change.


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