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Last updated: 19 November 2005
| 'Quickie divorce' is passed by the Scottish Parliament |
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| The Family Law (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 15 December. Sadly MSPs voted to overturn amendments by the Justice 1 Committee which had watered down the Executive’s proposals for ‘quickie divorce’. MSPs instead supported the Executive’s original proposal to reduce waiting times for ‘no fault’ divorce from two years to one if both spouses agree and from five years to two where one spouse does not. We believe this measure will increase the rate of divorce – and the suffering that inevitably goes with it.
Family Law (Scotland Bill) Voting Details Amendment 8 (uncontested divorce) Reducing the waiting times for uncontested no-fault divorce from 2 years down to 1 year.
 Amendment 9 (contested divorce) Reducing the waiting times for contested no-fault divorce from 5 years down to 2 years.
Amendment 35 (uncontested divorce) To keep the laws for uncontested no-fault divorce unchanged.
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