This was a not a legal divorce.

他说：“这不是一个合法的离婚。”

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A divorce is considered legal only if the court approves the divorce.

只有经由法院证明的离婚才被认为是合法的。

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In the days before her death, Aasiya Hassan had taken legal steps to divorce her husband.

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"The legal issues that we expect to be mainly dealing with are expected to cover divorce, alimony,social welfare, child custody,inheritance and compensation, or property recovery so they either have the means to put a roof over their head or go back to their former homes,"

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But those separations may not result in legal divorce because of the costs, he said.

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August marks the one-year anniversary of no-fault divorce becoming legal in all 50 states.

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"Domestic felicity" was considered vital to everyone's peace of mind, and although divorce was legal, it was also rare.

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