Sutuoktinių skyrybų sprendimai 1992-2007 m. Lietuvoje ir Ispanijoje. Lyginamoji analizė ; Análisis comparativo de los divorcios en España y Lituania desde 1992 a 2007 ; Comparative analisis of the divorce in Spain and Lithuanian from 1992 to 2007
When Lithuania recovered its independence many changes took place both on the economic and social fronts. One of these changes was the increase in the number of divorces which grew rapidly in he last quarter of the twentieth century. Currently, Lithuania is regarded as one of the EU countries with the largest number of divorces. In Spain divorces started in 1981 after the Law from July 7th 1981 came into force. This law reformed the existing civil code and allowed for the possibility of ending a marriage by means of a divorce. Notwithstanding this, the very same law also included the possibility of using the legal figure of marital separation. This legal figure was actually considered a compulsory step prior to applying for divorce giving the spouses some time for careful thinking. However, on July 8th 2005 with the approval of the new law reforming the civil code this prerequisite was eliminated. This had a great impact in the growth of divorces in Spain.