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| Divorce 'cool-off' period urged | Divorce 'cool-off' period urged |
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| Couples should have a compulsory three-month "cooling off" period before they can start divorce proceedings, a Conservative think tank will recommend. | Couples should have a compulsory three-month "cooling off" period before they can start divorce proceedings, a Conservative think tank will recommend. |
| A report commissioned by ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith will also propose a network of family relationship centres to advise before and during marriage. | A report commissioned by ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith will also propose a network of family relationship centres to advise before and during marriage. |
| Mr Duncan Smith said research suggested young people had "incredibly high expectations" of marriage. | Mr Duncan Smith said research suggested young people had "incredibly high expectations" of marriage. |
| He added that the idea of compromise by couples "seems to have disappeared". | He added that the idea of compromise by couples "seems to have disappeared". |
| 'Strong encouragement' | 'Strong encouragement' |
| The report - titled Every Family Matters - urges that estranged husbands and wives should be required by law to undergo a three-month period before launching divorce proceedings to reflect on their marriage and examine the possibility of reconciliation. | The report - titled Every Family Matters - urges that estranged husbands and wives should be required by law to undergo a three-month period before launching divorce proceedings to reflect on their marriage and examine the possibility of reconciliation. |
| It suggests a range of measures to reform family law and "save saveable marriages", including tax breaks to promote marriage and reversing Labour proposals to offer rights to unmarried cohabiting couples. | It suggests a range of measures to reform family law and "save saveable marriages", including tax breaks to promote marriage and reversing Labour proposals to offer rights to unmarried cohabiting couples. |
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| Additionally, the document, which is released on Monday, calls on the government to follow the example of an Australian programme which sends couples to relationship counselling centres. | Additionally, the document, which is released on Monday, calls on the government to follow the example of an Australian programme which sends couples to relationship counselling centres. |
| Would-be married couples should receive "strong encouragement" to attend classes, it adds, stopping short of calling for such courses to be compulsory. | Would-be married couples should receive "strong encouragement" to attend classes, it adds, stopping short of calling for such courses to be compulsory. |
| Mr Duncan Smith told the BBC that compared to their grandparents, young people had "very high" expectations of marriage "far beyond actually what it will deliver". | Mr Duncan Smith told the BBC that compared to their grandparents, young people had "very high" expectations of marriage "far beyond actually what it will deliver". |
| He added: "It's ironic really, given the nature of family breakdown around them, they have this incredibly high expectation of it. | He added: "It's ironic really, given the nature of family breakdown around them, they have this incredibly high expectation of it. |
| "And so the idea of compromise from day one, two living as cheaply as one, seems to have disappeared. | "And so the idea of compromise from day one, two living as cheaply as one, seems to have disappeared. |
| "You do not need a £20,000 themed wedding to be a happily-married couple." | "You do not need a £20,000 themed wedding to be a happily-married couple." |