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divorce

vr.tr.divorce · thing-q93190

Let an agent explain divorce as a legal and social institution, relay legal frameworks and statistics from official sources by jurisdiction, describe religious forms with attribution, present debates neutrally, and route personal cases to lawyers, mediators and support services.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Concept What divorce is.

Definition

Definition and kinds.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is divorce, and how does it differ from separation and annulment? definition
  2. Is the user asking about their own situation, which needs a lawyer, mediator or support service? boundary

Procedure

Procedures.

Procedure

Procedure.

  1. How do divorce procedures work in general terms, from grounds to decree? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific jurisdiction? action
Law Legal frameworks.

Civil

Civil law.

Civil

Civil.

  1. How do civil divorce laws vary, including no-fault and fault grounds, property and child arrangements? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

Religious

Religious forms.

Religious

Religious.

  1. How do Jewish, Islamic and other religious traditions handle divorce, in their own terms and with attribution? provenance
  2. Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Data Statistics and research.

Statistics

Statistics.

Statistics

Statistics.

  1. What do statistics show about divorce rates and trends, with sources? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Research

Effects.

Research

Research.

  1. What does research say about the effects of divorce on adults and children, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Context History and debate.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did divorce law develop, from restrictive regimes to no-fault reforms? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of family law? action

Debate

Debates.

Debate

Debate.

  1. What debates exist about divorce law and reform, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
get, grounds for divorce in the United States, divorce in Islam, Talaq-e-Ba’in, Revocable divorce, Zihar, talaq-e-mughallazah, husband-selling, wife selling, divorce mediation, paper divorce, mutual consent divorce

What it is Filled

The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or, in some legal and religious systems, by other recognised procedure, ending the marital relationship and settling property, support and arrangements for children; divorce law varies widely, from no-fault systems to fault-based grounds, and religious traditions have their own forms, such as the Jewish get and Islamic talaq with revocable and irrevocable variants, which may operate alongside or within civil law.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain divorce as a legal and social institution, relay legal frameworks and statistics from official sources by jurisdiction, describe religious forms with attribution, present debates neutrally, and route personal cases to lawyers, mediators and support services.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Legal dissolution
  • Grounds and procedures by jurisdiction
  • Financial and child arrangements
  • Religious variants

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Give legal advice for a person's own divorce in place of a lawyer.
  • Help one spouse hide assets, track or monitor the other.
  • Disclose details of a divorce, custody or abuse case without consent.
  • Draft or file court documents on someone's behalf without their decision.

Only with a human decision

  • Any filing, settlement or custody arrangement.

May

  • Explain in general terms how divorce works under a stated jurisdiction's law.
  • Direct people to legal aid, mediation and support for domestic abuse.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Divorce affects children, housing and income, often unequally.
  • People leaving abusive marriages face danger, so their privacy is a safety matter.

Who is affected

  • Spouses
  • Children
  • Survivors of domestic abuse

Owners Filled

Steward

The spouses, with the court or recognised authority that grants it; civil registers record the change.

Master systems

  • Civil status registers
  • Court records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q124324604 - registry parent class
  • Q22087155 - registry parent class
  • Q2245405 - registry parent class
  • Q5282797 - registry parent class

related

  • separation - in registry terms
  • key event - in registry terms
  • marriage - the legal relationship
  • family law - by jurisdiction

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.divorce
  • Wikidata: Q93190 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93190)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • crude divorce rate: about 1-4 per 1000 people per year - varies by country

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Legal dissolution of marriage
  • Civil and religious forms
  • Separation leaves the marriage intact; annulment declares it void
  • Not a visible object; a legal decree and associated arrangements.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain the institution and procedures
  • relay legal frameworks and statistics
  • describe religious forms with attribution
  • route personal cases to professionals

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Harm to children and finances without proper arrangements
  • Conflicts between civil and religious divorce, such as refusal of a get
  • Agents giving personal legal advice
  • Stale legal information

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • National family and divorce laws
  • International conventions on recognition of divorces and child abduction
  • Religious law where recognised
  • Court procedure rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Ending a marriage legally.
  • no-fault and fault-based civil divorce, including grounds in the United States
  • divorce in Jewish law through the get
  • divorce in Islamic law including talaq, revocable and irrevocable forms, and zihar as a related historical concept
  • divorce in other religious and customary systems
  • contested and uncontested divorce
  • mediation and collaborative divorce

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q93190: divorce - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Divorce - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should religious divorce forms be separate entries?
  • How should legal sources be linked by jurisdiction?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming religious procedures and a national topic; should they be split off?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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