Married life

Many couples live together before getting married and they call the person they live with a partner.

People still get married, but there is an increasing chance that the marriage will end in divorce. The Government wants to help people to take more time to discuss their problems before they get divorced, so that they can perhaps sort things out and stay together. If people can talk about their problems, it may cause fewer problems for the children.

Michael Vaughan-Rees, Geraldine Sweeney, Picot Cassidy: In Britain; Cornelsen Verlag, 2000, page 35