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In China we go to 民政局 for both getting married and getting divorced.
Yeah.
I know in the UK we talked about it for getting married. You have to go to like the council, sort of like the registry or like a civil...
You have to go to what is called the registry office.
The registry office.就登记大厅，就跟我们那个民政局差不多。
Yeah.
Is this the same place you go to when you want to get divorce?
No. No.
To get divorce, you can actually do it online or you can go to a family court.
Oh, I see, but either way you have to go to the court?
The court needs to grant the conditional offer and then you're given time, normally about I think it's 20 weeks before they finalize the divorce.
Is that a cool down period as well? 那个也是什么冷静期吗?
It’s normally a cool down period.
The idea of that period of time is to allow the husband and wife to discuss how best to proceed in terms of dividing assets.
Oh. The pragmatics.
It’s to allow them that time to plan what's gonna happen next. Because the reason why divorce can get very expensive is if both parties don't agree and then you get solicitors involved.
Lawyers.
Lawyers.
And both of you would get solicitors.
Exactly.
And then you fight for everything.
Yeah. And that's what can drag out a divorce case. So there are quite a few divorce cases where it's quite simple. They just say “okay, it's not working. You can take this, I'll take this, and that's it”. But obviously divorce sometimes it can't... divorce might not be that smooth.
Emm. Not that amicable.
Exactly.