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| ===Mediation Protocols and form accounts=== | | ===Mediation Protocols and form accounts=== |
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| To divorce one should first be separated a minimum of 3 years. Before separation the parties were rquired to go to mediation. Both a clergical with a minister and a secular among county magistrates. | | To divorce, a couple must first have been separated a minimum of 3 years. Before separation, the parties were required to go to mediation. Both a clerical with a minister, and a secular among county magistrates. |
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| Always remember to look in the Registry of the county in which a divorced or separated couple have lived. There may be new information in mediation protocol, which will tell why the couple chose to terminate the relationship. | | Always remember to look in the Registry of the county in which a divorced or separated couple have lived. There may be new information in mediation protocol, which will tell why the couple chose to terminate the relationship. |
| If a divorce is not preserved in the National Archives, you may be lucky and find it in the Justice Ministry's archive at the National Archives. Among the so-called "form accounts" you may find information or documents regarding the case. | | |
| | If a divorce is not preserved in the National Archives, you may be lucky and find it in the Justice Ministry's archive at the National Archives. Among the so-called "form accounts" you may find information or documents regarding the case. |
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| ===Divorces before 1797=== | | ===Divorces before 1797=== |