Italian Senate approves 'fast-divorce' proposal

March 19, 2015

A proposal to speed the process of legal divorce has won overwhelming approval in the Italian Senate.

By a vote of 228 to 11, lawmakers passed the “fast-divorce” bill, which would reduce the required period of separation before a divorce can become final. The current period, in a case in which both spouses agree and no children are involved, is three years; the new mark would be six months.

The Senate voted down a proposal to eliminate the mandatory period of separation and allow immediate divorce in uncontested cases.

The “fast-divorce” bill now returns to the lower house of the Italian parliament for final approval.

 

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Further information:

• Fast-divorce bill clears Senate (ANSA)