Why has the supreme court ruled a woman must stay in a ‘loveless’ marriage?

Tini Owens’s case has boosted support for introduction of ‘no-fault’ divorces

Tini Owens
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A woman who wants to divorce her husband of 40 years because she says their marriage is unhappy has lost her case in the supreme court.

In a unanimous ruling, five justices upheld previous rulings by a family court and the court of appeal that Tini Owens must stay married to Hugh Owens.

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