Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, has warned that scores of newly-divorced couples may still be married because of mistakes ranging from submitting petitions too soon after marriage or officials approving divorces before the parties had spent enough time apart.
A spokesman for Resolution, the national body of family lawyers, commented, “with the closure of many Courts and fewer resources for the family justice system, it is inevitable that there will be an impact in one form or another. The fact that the President has had to issue this guidance suggests that there are basic mistakes being made which simply shouldn’t happen”.
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