Before any married couple can dissolve their marriage, there are several legal hurdles they must complete. First, they must prove that the marriage has broken down and cannot be saved. The five ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

THE first decree issued in divorce proceedings is a decree nisi. The divorce is not made final, or absolute, until a decree absolute is granted. A decree is not made absolute until after the ...

Justice Evrol Mariette Peters says the three-month interval between a decree nisi and a decree absolute is ‘foundational’ to the structure of divorce proceedings in Malaysia. The High Court has ...

I was married to an American citizen for 10 years. Thereafter, he decided to obtain a decree of an absolute divorce in the US. After it was granted, my ex-husband married another woman in the US. May ...