{"id":837,"date":"2019-10-05T09:15:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T09:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marumeandfuridzo.com\/?p=837"},"modified":"2019-11-20T17:33:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T17:33:59","slug":"grounds-for-divorce-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.marumeandfuridzo.com\/grounds-for-divorce-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounds For Divorce In Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The law on divorce in Zimbabwe is governed by the Matrimonial Causes Act (Chapter 5:13)<\/strong><\/a>. The Act changed the law on divorce as it was prior to 1986. Before this \u2018new Act\u201d divorce was granted on the \u2018guilty principle\u2019. This meant that in every divorce matter there had to be a guilty party and an innocent party. Because of the guilty principle maintenance could only be claimed by the innocent party.<\/p>\n

The \u2018new law\u2019 changed the guilty principle and introduced the \u2018no-fault divorce\u2019. There is no need for the court to look at who is at fault or who is innocent. Essentially even the \u2018guilty\u2019 party can set up his or her own fault and successfully sue for divorce.<\/p>\n

Section 4 of the Act gives only two grounds for divorce and these are;<\/p>\n