Former High Court judge Sir Paul Coleridge, who is the charity’s founder, said it is necessary for these laws to be changed.
Speaking during Premier News Hour, he said: “There is no serious family lawyer now in England now who would advocate the retention of the present system.
“It’s a sham and it’s a joke and it does harm to couples at a very difficult time in their lives when they’re going through separation.
“I’m a Christian myself, and the reality is, whether we like it or not… some relationships don’t work and I set up Marriage Foundation obviously in order to preserve marriage.
“The last thing that I want to do is see any system brought in that will make it easier for people to get divorced.
“There are a number of people who can’t make it work and it’s no good the state locking them together and then refusing to allow them to separate in a sensible and civilised way – it simply makes matters worse.”
His comments follow a report published two weeks ago by the Nuffield Foundation, which condemned divorce laws in England and Wales for forcing couples to have to allege fault or blame.
A majority of divorce petitions in England and Wales still rely on allegations of fault.
In 1990 a Law Commission report set out six problems with fault-based divorce, including that the law was confusing and misleading, discriminatory and unjust, distorted bargaining positions, provoked unnecessary hostility, and made…
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