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Nearly 1 in 5 civil divorces in S’pore granted by mutual agreement, without assigning blame

The figure refers to non-Muslim, or civil, divorces in Singapore.

Figures on marriages and divorces in 2025 showed that some 18.8 per cent of civil divorces cited divorce by mutual agreement.

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