THE DIVORCE

Pod pojmom braka podrazumijeva se zajednica žene i muškarca, a definirana je Obiteljskim zakonom. Istim tim Zakonom uređeni su i odnosi roditelja i njihove djece, prava djece itd. Brak je moguće sklopiti građanskim ili vjerskim putem i svaki od njih ima svoje smjernice i zahtjeve. Međutim, sve je više slučajeva ljudi kod kojih brak ne funkcionira zbog čega se odluče na razvod. Zahtjev za razvod braka može podnijeti jedan partner (tužbom) ili se, pak, oba mogu odlučiti na to pa navedeno učiniti sporazumom. Svaki je brak specifičan pa tako i njegov razvod nosi svoje posebnosti. Prva i najvažnija značajka svakoga braka jest imaju li bračni partneri zajedničku djecu jer i o tome ovisi procedura samog razvoda. Bez obzira na to, kroz proces razvoda braka trebalo bi proći smireno, bez optuživanja i napadanja (bivšeg) partnera. Također, ukoliko su i djeca uključena, roditelji bi trebali voditi mnogo računa o tome da njih ne povrijede, tj. da se i dalje ponašaju kao roditelji, bez obzira što više ne žive zajedno.The term marriage means the union of a woman and a man, and is defined by the Family Law. The same Act regulates the relations between parents and their children, children's rights, etc. Marriage can be concluded by civil or religious means and each of them has its own guidelines and requirements. However, there are more and more cases of people in whom marriage does not work, which is why they decide to divorce. An application for divorce can be submitted by one partner (with a lawsuit) or both can decide to do so and make the agreement. Every marriage is specific, so its divorce has its own peculiarities. The first and most important feature of any marriage is whether the spouses have children together, because the procedure of divorce depends on that. Nevertheless, the divorce process should go through calmly, without accusing or attacking the (former) partner. Also, if children are involved, parents should take great care not to hurt them, ie to continue to act like parents, even though they no longer live together