Section 54

that the respondent has committed adultery and the petitioner finds it intolerable to live with the respondent;

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that the respondent has behaved in such a way that the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the respondent;

that the respondent has deserted the petitioner for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition;

that the parties to the marriage have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition.

In considering whether it would be just and reasonable to make a decree the court shall consider all the circumstances, including the conduct of the parties and how the interests of any child or children of the marriage or of either party may be affected if the marriage is dissolved and it may make a decree nisi subject to such terms and conditions as the court may think fit to attach, but if it should appear to the court that in all the circumstances it would be wrong to dissolve the marriage it shall dismiss the petition.

Provisions designed to encourage reconciliation