Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 · Updated to 15 Dec 2018 · Part VI · Divorce
61. Decree nisi and proceedings thereafter
Feedback & supportEvery decree of divorce shall in the first instance be a decree nisi and shall not be made absolute before the expiration of three months from its grant unless the court by general or special order from time to time fixes a shorter period.
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“court” means the High Court or a Judge thereof or, where a Sessions Court Judge has jurisdiction by virtue of subsection (2), the Sessions Court or a Sessions Court Judge of that Court;
Where a decree nisi of divorce has been granted and no application for it to be made absolute has been made by the party to whom it was granted, then, at any time after the expiration of three months from the earliest date on which that party could have made such an application, the party against whom it was granted may make an application to the court and on that application the court may—
notwithstanding the provisions of the last foregoing subsection, make the decree absolute;
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rescind the decree nisi;
require further inquiry; or
otherwise deal with the case as it thinks fit.