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Section 52

Dissolution by mutual consent

of Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976

ActIn forceProvision 55 of 113
Section 52

If husband and wife mutually agree that their marriage should be dissolved they may after the expiration of two years from the date of their marriage present a joint petition accordingly and the court may, if it thinks fit, make a decree of divorce on being satisfied that both parties freely consent, and that proper provision is made for the wife and for the support, care and custody of the children, if any, of the marriage, and may attach such conditions to the decree of divorce as it thinks fit.