“Divorce mediation in Nigeria”

1.0 Introduction Before 1970, Nigeria used a fault-based system to adjudicate divorce cases. Specifically, those who know about divorce understand that this era required spouses to prove wrongdoing to dissolve a marriage. Then, in 1970, lawmakers adopted the Matrimonial Causes Act (MCA), modeling it after the English Divorce Act of 1960 and shifting the system […]