Can You Prevent A Divorce?
Is it really possible to prevent a divorce from taking place? In theory, yes. You can give your reasons why the divorce should not take place. Of course, this does not work in a divorce which was filed on the grounds that there has been an irreconcilable difference in the marriage in which case, divorce is usually justified and granted. Where one spouse claims that the other spouse has committed things which form the grounds of a Fault Divorce, then the said claim is subject to proof and this is where the spouse who is not willing to be divorced may then defend the petition. For instance, where the ground for divorce is adultery, the complaining party would have to prove that adultery took place. If adultery is not proven, divorce does not take place. If adultery is proven but it is also proven that the adultery was condoned by the party who filed for divorce, this may be a ground to defeat the petition. In some scenarios not unlike Hollywood movies, connivance is pleaded by the party