A no fault divorce allows a dissolution of marriage requires neither party to show wrong doing on the part of the other party nor any evidence of any wrong doing. The divorce is granted upon petition to a family court by either party.

This form of divorce does not require the petitioner to show that the respondent is at fault. This concept was pioneered by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution of 1917. The 1918 Decree on Divorce eliminated religious marriage as well as the underlying the ecclesiastical law. The structure was replaced with civil marriage which was sanctioned by the state. Divorces were granted by appealing to a state office.

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