NSW: Make divorce harder, Abbott says
Sat Jul 11 23:42:50 EST 2009
Liberal Party frontbencher TONY ABBOTT would like it made harder for married couples to get a divorce.
The opposition families spokesman wants the fault-based legal system of divorce .. discarded in 1975 .. re-introduced.
Under Mr ABBOTT's plan .. outlined in his soon-to-be released book .. grounds for divorce would include adultery .. cruelty .. habitual drunkenness .. and imprisonment.
Currently people are allowed to divorce after a 12 month separation.
Mr ABBOTT's told Fairfax newspapers marriage is probably the most important commitment that any human being can make .. yet there are many other contracts which are harder to enter and get out of than the contract of marriage.
