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This business is only relevant due to tragic laws making divorce difficult. In Denmark, you can divorce by electronic signature and without any reason. If both

by flexie 6y ago

This business is only relevant due to tragic laws making divorce difficult. In Denmark, you can divorce by electronic signature and without any reason. If both spouses agree, they can be divorced immediately. Immediate divorce is also possible in case of - adultery, - two year physical separation due to disagreements violence, - sexual assault, - bigamy, - child abduction. Otherwise, a 6 months separation period is needed. In most divorce cases, no law suits are needed.

xxpor 6y ago
>If both spouses agree, they can be divorced immediately. Does this include an agreement on alimony/child support/custody? Or are there automatic arrangements for that in Denmark? That seems to be where things get nasty in the US for the most part. It's not the literal divorce but the second order effects due to it.
amscanne 6y ago
The article indicates that most cases are actually relating to ending an affair, rather than initiating a divorce. E.g. someone is hired to seduce a husband’s mistress, and cause the mistress in turn to end the affair. Seems like a crazy amount of deception and effort to avoid confrontation, but perhaps that also hints at the root cause? The article also notes that the marriage can’t be terminated easily if contested, which suggests to me that it can also be easily terminated if both parties agree.
jessriedel 6y ago
> If both spouses agree, they can be divorced immediately. Immediate divorce is also possible in case of...adultery, According to the article, that is also the case in Japan. It is only contested divorces that require proof of adultery. Now, it may further be the case that contested divorces without something like adultery are easier in Denmark, and that might be the better system, but avoiding outlier cases like this hardly seems like the reason.

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This business is only relevant due to tragic laws making divorce difficult. In Denmark, you can divorce by electronic signature and without any reason. If both

by flexie 6y ago

xxpor 6y ago
>If both spouses agree, they can be divorced immediately. Does this include an agreement on alimony/child support/custody? Or are there automatic arrangements for that in Denmark? That seems to be where things get nasty in the US for the most part. It's not the literal divorce but the second order effects due to it.
amscanne 6y ago
The article indicates that most cases are actually relating to ending an affair, rather than initiating a divorce. E.g. someone is hired to seduce a husband’s mistress, and cause the mistress in turn to end the affair. Seems like a crazy amount of deception and effort to avoid confrontation, but perhaps that also hints at the root cause? The article also notes that the marriage can’t be terminated easily if contested, which suggests to me that it can also be easily terminated if both parties agree.
jessriedel 6y ago
> If both spouses agree, they can be divorced immediately. Immediate divorce is also possible in case of...adultery, According to the article, that is also the case in Japan. It is only contested divorces that require proof of adultery. Now, it may further be the case that contested divorces without something like adultery are easier in Denmark, and that might be the better system, but avoiding outlier cases like this hardly seems like the reason.