Colombia to offer one-hour divorces

In Colomibia, they are proposing a new law to allow married couples to divorce in only one hour for only $15. This will replace high lawyer fees, legal hurdles, and long delays. The law was passed in Congress this past July, and should be signed within weeks by President Alvaro Uribe. The law is meant to make it easier and untie some of the courts. As of now, more than 1 million couples were waiting to have their cases settled. Under the new law, if a couple has no children and both agree to the divorce they will simply have to go to the local registar with a sign declaration to receive their divorce. More complicated cases like dividing up assets and cutody agreements require a seperate declaration. The new law will only apply to Colombians, and to foreigners married to Colombians. The Catholic Church does not like this new law at all. They believe people will take marriage vows to lightly when divorce is so easy. They fear there will be more divores and less couples who try to work through their problems. The church fears this will make a nation of poor families and unstable society. Still it is only a matter of weeks until the hundreds of impatient couples will get what they want.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/27/colombia.divorce.ap/index.html