Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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hotel divorce

A form of collusive divorce -occurring before widespread passage of nofault divorce laws - in which the spouses agree to fake an adultery scene to create "fault." Cf. no-fault divorce"Clearly a lawyer may not originate or participate in a scheme to make it appear to the court that a ground for divorce has occurred when this is not the fact. Such is the case in the so-called 'hotel divorces,' prevalent in jurisdictions where adultery i

hotel divorce.

See DIVORCE.