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Text	Many people believe that all foreign divorces are recognised in Ireland. This is not the case. Prior to the Family Law Divorce Act, 1996, the recognition of foreign divorces was dependent on the question of “domicile”. Domicile is different to residence and generally refers to the country where you were born or the country where you can prove you intend to reside indefinitely and where all your business and family ties are. It sounds strange now, but prior to 1986, a wife in Ireland had no independent domicile and automatically took the domicile of her husband, no matter where she lived. Happily, this is no longer the case.

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