Multiple choice

Which of the following theories is/are the outcome of a fundamental shift in the policy discernible from the judicial recognition of the view that the purpose of divorce law was not to punish the guilty, but to protect the innocent spouse?

  1. Fault theory

  2. Consent theory

  3. Breakdown theory

  4. Both (2) and (3)
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Explanation

Under the fault theory or the offence theory or the guilt theory, marriage can be dissolved only when either party to the marriage has committed a matrimonial offence. 

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