Prior to April this year if a person wants to get a divorce they would need to give a reason such as unreasonable behaviour or adultery. It's not very pleasant because you had to say five reasons why that person's behaviour is so unreasonable but you can no longer live with them. The impact it has had on you just creates an extra layer of unpleasantness to proceedings. That all changed and now parties can just say that the marriage is irretrievably broken down and to assist in trying to deal with the financial issues or children issues divorce applications can now either be made solely or they can be made jointly. It makes the system a lot more manageable than it used to.