Unreasonable Behaviour Definition

tea_lover

My ex-husband just listed all the weird things he did (locking his cutlery in a suitcase and binning it if I touched it, not letting my family visit, removing the phone, etc) and said I'd done them. I signed it without a second thought - was worth 'admitting' to all those things to get rid of him.

I don't think there's a standard definition of 'unreasonable', but I'm sure that the things mentioned in the OP would come under it.

Anyway, the only grounds for divorce is irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.

pmlindyloo

Unreasonable behaviour is difficult to define but most judges do not set a very high bar when looking at individual cases.

Most realise that if both parties wish for a divorce then the marriage has broken down.

I think the most important thing is that the unreasonable behaviour is happening recently. If for example it happened 6 months ago and you continued to live together then it may not be accepted.

If you file for divorce yourself the notes for the form give examples of what can be classed as unreasonable behaviour. Usually a few lines are sufficient.

A good overview here:

http://www.terry.co.uk/unreasonable_behaviour.html

hazyjo

Strapped wrote: »

My husband allowed his ex to divorce him for unreasonable behaviour, even though it was her having the affair. He jokes his unreasonable behaviour was not being happy about that.

She can't accuse herself of adultery so only has the choice of irretrivable breakdown (or whatever it is). If he'd wanted to file for divorce, then he could have filed under what he liked.

Jx

Strapped

hazyjo wrote: »

She can't accuse herself of adultery so only has the choice of irretrivable breakdown (or whatever it is). If he'd wanted to file for divorce, then he could have filed under what he liked.

Jx

His solicitor advised him that divorcing her for adultery would be more expensive and he didn't really want it on file for his daughter to read at a later date.