Amend divorce law to protect survivors of spousal sexual abuse

Change the law so that in cases where one spouse has been convicted of rape or other serious sexual offence against the other, the survivor is legally safeguarded from any financial claims made by their abuser in divorce proceedings.

184 Signatures

Status
Open
Opened
Friday 5th December 2025
Last 24 hours signatures
1
Signature Deadline
Friday 5th June 2026
Estimated Final Signatures: 205

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The offender should not be entitled to any share of the survivor’s assets, whether those assets were brought into the marriage or gained during it. The survivor should retain full control of their property, savings, and pension contributions, without the offender being able to make any claim on them in divorce proceedings. Survivors should not face further harm or traumatisation in divorce proceedings, nor should they be expected to fund the lifestyle of an offender who attacked them.


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