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Divorce Law: Blame Game
離婚法案：過(guò)錯(cuò)游戲
The absence of no-fault divorce in England and Wales looks updated.
英格蘭及威爾士無(wú)過(guò)錯(cuò)離婚的缺失亟待解決。
People stay in loveless marriages for many reasons: anxiety about the impact of splitting up on their children; financial dependency on a spouse; fear of loneliness.
人之所以待在一段無(wú)愛(ài)的婚姻里，原因有很多：擔(dān)心離婚對(duì)子女造成的影響，對(duì)配偶的經(jīng)濟(jì)依賴(lài)，還有對(duì)孤獨(dú)的恐懼。
Tini Owens is stuck in hers because a judge refused to give her a divorce.
Tini Owens困在自己的婚姻里，因?yàn)榉ü倬芙^判她離婚。
She said that her husband's treatment of her, including scolding her in front of their housekeeper and ignoring her over a meal, amounted to unreasonable behaviour, grounds for divorce.
她說(shuō)正是因?yàn)檎煞虻拇直?duì)待，包括當(dāng)著管家的面責(zé)罵她，吃飯時(shí)從頭到尾忽視她，以及種種不可理喻的行為，成了她離婚的理由。
The judge, however, disagreed, saying they were “minor altercations…to be expected in a marriage”.
然而法官不同意，說(shuō)他們是“小打小鬧——這在一段婚姻中是預(yù)料得到的”。
Since her husband has refused to consent to the break-up, she must wait five years.
因?yàn)檎煞蚓芙^同意離婚，她必須再等五年。
Ms Owens has asked the Court of Appeal to overturn the ruling.
Owens女士提起上訴，要求法院撤銷(xiāo)判決。
Her position would be simpler if England and Wales did not insist on blame being part of divorce.
如果英格蘭和威爾士不再堅(jiān)持過(guò)錯(cuò)是離婚不可缺少的因素，那么她的處境會(huì)簡(jiǎn)單得多。
As well as unreasonable behaviour, marital breakdown can be demonstrated by evidence of adultery or desertion.
除了不合理行為，出軌和遺棄也可以證明婚姻的破裂。
The alternative is at least two years' separation.
前提是雙方至少分居兩年。
But the notion of fault is often little more than a charade.
但是過(guò)錯(cuò)的概念和做戲并無(wú)差別。
Kerstin Beyer, a family lawyer, cites a case where the “unreasonable” behaviour involved the wife pursuing an “independent social life”.
家庭律師Kerstin Beyer有案例為證，即”不合理”行為涉及妻子追求”獨(dú)立的社會(huì)生活”。
Insisting that somebody must be to blame makes an already difficult process harder.
堅(jiān)持離婚必須以至少一方有錯(cuò)為前提，使得已經(jīng)艱難的程序更加艱難。
This week Lord Wilson, a Supreme Court judge, added his voice to those calling for “no-fault” divorce.
本周最高法院法官威爾森先生對(duì)呼吁無(wú)過(guò)錯(cuò)離婚的人表示支持。
Others in favour include Sir James Munby, president of the family division of the High Court, Lady Hale, another Supreme Court justice, most of those working in family law and organisations such as Relate, a charity that provides relationship counselling.
其他贊成的人還有高等法院家事庭主席James Munby先生，和另一位最高法院法官Hale女士，他們中的大多數(shù)和婚姻家庭法打交道，并在一些相關(guān)組織工作，比如Relate——一個(gè)提供情感咨詢(xún)的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。
譯文來(lái)源考研英語(yǔ)時(shí)事閱讀
