It should be noted that whenever divorce or separation is resorted to, issues of maintenance of parties, their children and custody of children also spring up. Whenever there are issues and strife in a marriage, the last resort, having tried other means, is to petition for a divorce or judicial separation. Statistics recently show that an average of 30 matrimonial cases are being entertained daily at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, lending credence to the frequency of matrimonial disputes. Marriage, as sacred as it is, does not defy the possibilities of disputes arising therefrom.
The reality remains that disputes have always been part of the existence of human beings and sadly, it continues to be. If marriage is thus viewed in the idyllic form brilliantly captured by Shakespeare above, it will be devastating to the parties involved in a marriage, their children, and the society at large, if the marriage is dissolved. In Nigeria, marriage is so sacred that at the mention of divorce, stigmatization begins. This means that disputes can arise that may bring a marriage to an abrupt end. This will foster bliss, harmony and divine peace.Ĭonversely, marriage can also be an uncomfortable arrangement that even the poet likened to hell. To this end, the literal giant and poet pointed out that marriage should be an offshoot of a consensual and mutual agreement between couples, for a lifetime rather than a forced relationship. “For what is wedlock forced but a hell, | An age of discord and continual strife? | Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss, | And is a pattern of celestial peace…” In the immortal words of Shakespeare, the virtuoso literati in his book Henry VI, Part 1, while expounding what marriage is founded on, penned the following:
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