But now he wants to be divorced on grounds of irretrievable breakdown, as soon as we've been apart for two years.

Because there is no need to establish an irretrievable breakdown of marriage as the fundamental ground for divorce, the system remains virtually fault-free.

Others will say there are further matters which can destroy the very heart of a marriage and lead to irretrievable breakdown.

She ought to try harder, at least one more time, before she could declare an irretrievable breakdown.

We were looking at what in the divorce courts would be called an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.

The only ground for divorce is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.

'Tell me,' he said, in a slightly distant voice, 'has there been an irretrievable breakdown of law and order?'

Like marriage, irretrievable breakdown is the only ground on which the court may make a dissolution order.

The law provides for no-fault divorce based on the irretrievable breakdown of the marital relationship.

An irretrievable breakdown in the marriage is not enough.