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Message: [QUOTE="Nehanda, post: 28363, member: 2262"] When you divorce in Zimbabwe, the court needs your original marriage certificate. If you lost it, you can ask the Registrar of Marriages for a duplicate copy. The court must agree your marriage has broken down completely and cannot continue as a normal relationship. Your marriage shows this breakdown when you haven't lived together for at least twelve months right before filing for divorce. Another reason happens when your spouse cheats, and you find this incompatible with marriage. Many other factors exist that prove marriage breakdown. Missing spouses create challenges during divorce. You can ask the court for permission to serve papers differently, maybe through a newspaper ad, by giving them to a close family member, or by sending an email. When your spouse lives in another country, you can request court approval to serve divorce papers outside Zimbabwe. Couples who married in Zimbabwe but moved abroad can still divorce there. This works especially when the husband considers Zimbabwe his permanent home. People living outside Zimbabwe don't need to return for uncontested divorces in which both parties agree on everything. An uncontested divorce means both people agree about ending the marriage, how to split property, who keeps the children, child support payments, and visitation schedules. These proceedings avoid fighting since everyone already settled all issues beforehand. The benefits of uncontested divorces include less bitterness compared to contested proceedings. Neither person needs to appear in court to testify or face questioning from lawyers. Uncontested divorces finish faster and cost less money than when couples fight over terms. [/QUOTE]

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