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Legal Terms – cruelty
formerly, actions that were severe enough to harm a spouse's physical or emotional well-being. In the past, cruelty served as grounds for divorce or other orders in magistrates' courts. Later on, it would have been considered relevant behavior under the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1973.
1(2)(b) prior to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 amending this Act.
formerly, actions that were severe enough to harm a spouse's physical or emotional well-being. In the past, cruelty served as grounds for divorce or other orders in magistrates' courts. Later on, it would have been considered relevant behavior under the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1973.
1(2)(b) prior to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 amending this Act.
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