{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/18",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Causes Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1973",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Attempts at reconciliation of parties to marriage.",
  "text": "(1) Provision shall be made by rules of court for requiring the legal representative acting for an applicant for a divorce order to certify whether the representative has discussed with the applicant the possibility of reconciliation and given the applicant the names and addresses of persons qualified to help effect a reconciliation between parties to a marriage who have become estranged.\n(2) If at any stage of proceedings for a divorce order it appears to the court that there is a reasonable possibility of a reconciliation between the parties to the marriage, the court may adjourn the proceedings for such period as it thinks fit to enable attempts to be made to effect such a reconciliation.\nThe power conferred by the foregoing provision is additional to any other power of the court to adjourn proceedings.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 29 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1) substituted (6.4.2022) by Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11), s. 8(1)(8), Sch. para. 6(a) (with s. 8(4)); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(2) substituted (6.4.2022) by Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11), s. 8(1)(8), Sch. para. 6(b) (with s. 8(4)); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/18/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:46.859204+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}