Divorce law in Sweden
 Divorce law in Sweden
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| Marriage Code 1987 Chapter 5 |
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| Heterosexual marriage couples Same-sex marriage couples |
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| Crude DivorceRate '09: 2.4 Mean Duration of Marriage to Divorce'08: 11.5yrs No. of Divorces '10: 23536 No. of One Parent Families'10: 259754 No. of Children with Female Single Parent'10: 78.5% |
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| Divorce Age of Men in Sweden 2010 | |
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| Divorce Age of Women in Sweden 2010 | |
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| Divorce Rates Trend in Sweden 2000-2010 | |
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| Related Legislations and Policies | |
| Parents and Children Code 1949 Cohabitants Act 2003 Registered Partnership Act (1994:1117) Private International Law Foreign Laws Property Law Chapter 5: Divorce Chapter 6: Maintenance Chapter 7: The property of spouses Chapter 14: Matrimonial cases and Maintenance cases |
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Divorce law in Sweden concerns the dissolution of marriage, child support, alimony, custody and the division of property. Divorce restores the status of married people to individuals, leaving them free to remarry. The divorce laws in Sweden are known to be considerably liberal compared to other jurisdictions.
The Swedish have in place a civil law system mostly dependent on statutory law. The German-Roman tradition of the European continental countries has influenced the development of Swedish law. The first comprehensive Swedish Code, consisting of all its codified laws, was the Civil Code of 1734, and is divided into the following Books:
The law dating from the 17th Century only allowed two grounds for a divorce – adultery and desertion. These were generally in line with the Christianity beliefs and the principle of guilt that influenced the Swedish. In the early 19th Century, simulated desertion was not unusual for couples who wanted to get divorced quickly. One spouse would leave the country (as Copenhagen was the nearest foreign town, many went there) and the remaining spouse would file for divorce on grounds of desertion. The fact of desertion would be confirmed by the party who left the country.
Towards the late 19th Century, three Scandinavian countries: Sweden, Norway and Denmark, wanted to cooperate in legislative reform. The rationale was to provide equal treatment for Scandinavian citizens moving from one Scandinavian country to another. In 1909, an Intergovernmental Committee was set up to prepare a common basis for reformation of family laws. The Committee was made up of delegates, experts and lawyers from the three countries.
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