Features of Dissolution of Marriage Abroad (By the Example of Great Britain)

Abstract

This scientific article is devoted to the analysis of the main theoretical and practical aspects of the legal regulation of marriage and family relations with a foreign element in the UK on the example of divorce. The work deals in detail with the peculiarities of the procedure for the dissolution of a marriage (both with residents and not with residents of the state chosen for analysis, as well as in cases where only one of the spouses is a resident of the state) and the consequences of this legal fact, which are directly related to national, religious and cultural characteristics and traditions prevailing in the state under study. The main historical feature of the holistic system of European family law was its direct dependence on the results of political and social reforms that occurred in the XIX century. Often such “innovations” were uncoordinated and poorly combined with the realities of life. That is why, in modern Europe, there has not been a single codified legal instrument in the field of family law, which could ensure and facilitate the regulation of the sphere of marriage and family relations, including with a foreign element, and avoid the huge number of conflicts that so often arise in the direct implementation of practical work on the application of law in this field.