Shanghai People's Mediation Association established the Shanghai People's Mediation Association Legal Service Volunteer Group 12348 to provide online consulting services for the public. Service scope: marriage and family neighborhood disputes, doctor-patient disputes, land contracting, marriage and family disputes, property disputes, consumer disputes, intellectual property disputes, labor disputes, school-related disputes, demolition disputes, etc.
12348 is the consultation hotline of the government legal aid center. The Justice Bureau assigns lawyers to work in shifts, and the lawyers on duty can provide legal advice free of charge. In addition to consultation, the Bureau of Justice also provides legal aid for litigation. However, due to the long time-consuming litigation representation and limited lawyer resources, the threshold for applying for legal aid is higher. Divorce requires both men and women to go through the divorce formalities in person, and there is no unified divorce phone number in the marriage registry.
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If a man and a woman divorce voluntarily, they must apply for divorce at the marriage registration office where the husband or wife lives. If one of the men and women requests a divorce, they may bring a divorce lawsuit to the people's court where the defendant is domiciled. Litigation divorce has a statutory requirement, that is, "the relationship has indeed broken down and mediation is invalid."
When trying a case, the people's court must also implement the conditions prescribed by law, and on this basis, decide whether to allow the parties to divorce. In litigation activities, people's courts play a leading role in dispute settlement. The divorce request and reasons put forward by the parties shall be examined. Whether or not to grant a divorce shall be decided by the people's court according to law. It can decide to grant divorce or reject the request of the parties according to law.