Modes of Divorce under Myanmar Customary Law

A marriage may be dissolved at any time provided both parties assent. But one of a Myanmar Buddhist married couple cannot claim to divorce the other without proof of any matrimonial fault on that other. In Myanmar Customary Law there are three mainly kinds of divorce. They are (1) divorce by mutual consent (2) divorce when the husband enter into priesthood or rahan and (3) divorce by matrimonial faults. After a married couple divorced they have to sue for partition on both parties. At the time of divorce and partition of property Myanmar Buddhist couples usually settle everything about the custody of their children.