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Does the community have an interest in whether a marriage should be preserved or dissolved and, if so, why?  

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Family Law 1LAW600 " Dissolution of marriage ought always to require a real exercise of judgement by the court, acting on the community's behalf". [Putting Asunder: The report of a group appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in January 1964, paragraph 48] Does the community have an interest in whether a marriage should be preserved or dissolved and, if so, why? Should the dissolution of a marriage be a private matter for the parties concerned? Why should the court be required to exercise judgement in such matters? In regards to the communities interest the above statement was made in 1964, the perception and interest of marriage the communities had then, is rather different to today's day and ages. It has been accepted in the English law that marriage is a union between man and women. This view is very much an ancient yet significant view although it may well be said, in accordance with...

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