Divorce in Denmark

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Until the Reformation it was the canon law, that established when a married couple could get divorced. It could only be if there were exceptional circumstances. It could, for example be that one party had not consented to the marriage voluntarily, but had been forced. Other grounds were adultery, broaching and secret illnesses, which was only discovered after the wedding. The parties could be separated - but would not be alloewed to remarry.

Tamper Court After the Reformation, and Christian the Fifth, and the Danish Code of 1683, the same rules carried on. But now the parties could be permitted to remarry because the church no longer considered marriage as a sacrament. A couple would divorce, but their case presented by tamper law, a special church marriage tribunal. The court came together four times a year - on tamper days. The name is a "Danishization" of the latin "quatuor tempora" - the four parts of which the church year was divided into.

Judgement or decree?

After the Regulation of 1.12.1797 was tamper law claims and matrimonial matters referred to the general, civil law. You can get a divorce in two ways - by appropriation or conviction. The latter is very rare.

Mæglingsprokoller and form accounts To divorce one should first be separated into memory 3 years. And before separation were parties to mediation. Both a cleric at the minister and a secular among county magistrate. Remember...

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