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Young girls in Iraq who are years away from becoming teenagers could be forced to become wives if a new Shia-backed law passes. The new law would lower a girl’s consent from 18 to age 9. This includes allowing parents to have arranged marriages for their young daughters. Iraq doesn’t have a male guardianship system […]
If you and your former partner reach an agreement about the division of your assets and liabilities following on from a separation, you can formalise that into what are known as ‘consent orders’. If your orders divide your assets and liabilities, this is called a ‘property settlement’. In order to get consent orders made, you have […]