A couple married under the customary law may apply the customary law of their community to end the marriage.

There are no set rules and guidelines on how this divorce should be undertaken.

The divorce is done according to the customary practices from which the couple hails.

• Divorce is the permanent ending of a marriage.
• It only applies to legally recognised marriages.
• The procedure for divorce depends on the type of marriage the parties had.

• A husband may tell the court that the wife is guilty of adultery.
• A wife may tell the court that the husband has changed religion and gone through a form of marriage with another woman
• The husband has committed adultery
• Cruelty
• The husband was already married to someone else
• Husband deserted her for two years without reason
• Committed rape, sodomy or bestiality
• The most common grounds are; cruelty, adultery and desertion.