Can a court refuse to grant a divorce?
In theory yes, but in practice almost never - only 0.2% of divorce petitions are dismissed.
A refusal happens in exceptional situations - most often when it would harm the couple’s minor children or contradict principles of social coexistence. The scale only becomes clear against a quarter century of data.
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