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Divorce

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Divorce is the legal process of terminating a marriage. It typically involves cancelling or reorganizing the legal duties and responsibilities that marriage created, according to the law of the particular country or state where the divorce takes place. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage.
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