SECTION 7
DIVORCES
Table 7.1 - Number of divorce cases lodged and disposed of - Republic of Mauritius1/, 2000 - 2007
Number of Cases lodged\disposed of
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Lodged
1,570
1,626
1,480
1,586
2,167
1,792
1,715
1,801
Disposed of: Total 1,459 1,947 1,630 1,507 1,489 1,415 1,731 1,330 179
(i) struck out, set aside or withdrawn
246
407
295
287
289
265
324
4
(ii) dismissed
16
27
39
28
34
15
22
18
(iii) judicial separation
6
1
5
2
4
2
6
6
(iv) divorce granted
Source : Judicial Department
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1,191
1,512
1,291
1,190
1,162
1,133
1,379
1,302
excluding Agalega and St Brandon
180
1/ 2/ Table 7.2 - Divorces by number of dependent children - Republic of Mauritius , 1998 - 2007
Number of children 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 & over
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
355 312 206 79 46 12 2 -
397 319 260 115 36 17 5 1 1,150 1,450
403 357 294 93 27 8 3 3 2 1 1,191 1,438
523 437 387 108 28 17 8 3 1 1,512 1,809
425 397 334 95 20 14 4 1 1 1,291 1,540
423 377 258 91 24 11 3 1 1 1 1,190 1,359
383 366 282 89 32 5 2 3 1,162 1,383
420 316 258 103 24 9 2 1 1,133 1,301
476 425 341 98 30 7 2 1,379 1,570
454 392 312 98 33 8 5 1,302 1,512
Total divorces 1,012 Aggregate no. 1,217 of children
Source : Judicial Department
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dependent children are the living children who are dependent on either of the divorcees at the time the divorce petition is filed
2/
excluding Agalega and St Brandon
181
1/ Table 7.3 - Divorces by duration of union - Republic of Mauritius , 1998 - 2007
Duration of union 1998 (years) < 1 year 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 - 14 years 15 - 19 years 20 - 24 years 25 - 29 years 30 - 34 years 35 years & over Total divorces 2 52 71 74 67 70 69 71 62 61 177 125 58 32 11 10 1,012
1999 70 78 97 73 76 79 73 68 58 238 119 75 30 12 4 1,150
2000 5 64 96 78 67 71 71 72 74 72 252 137 75 35 7 15 1,191
2001 94 141 87 91 104 93 76 72 86 322 167 114 37 17 11 1,512
2002 84 133 73 84 90 77 69 65 75 277 146 86 20 7 5 1,291
2003 58 93 85 77 75 75 63 73 68 242 135 77 47 15 7 1,190
2004 45 74 78 71 75 68 75 66 51 240 166 85 47 16 5 1,162
2005 47 96 73 85 71 78 68 63 45 214 142 83 39 17 12 1,133
2006 41 71 91 81 84 88 92 67 65 280 219 102 62 19 17 1,379
2007 27 62 88 76 69 97 77 79 69 290 195 96 44 17 16 1,302
Source : Judicial Department
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excluding Agalega and St Brandon