A married person who alleges that reasonable grounds exist for supposing that the other party to the marriage is dead may present a petition to the court to have it presumed that that other party is dead and to have the marriage dissolved.
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A petition for divorce may be brought by either party to a marriage on the sole ground that the marriage has irretrievably broken down.
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The Marriage laws in Malawi state that a husband commits the offence of rape during the subsistence of a decree for judicial separation if he has sexual intercourse with his wife without her consent.
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According to Malawi's marriages laws, the parties to a marriage which may have broken down are to take all practical steps, whether by counselling or otherwise, to save the marriage;
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An unmarried person who goes through the ceremony of a civil marriage with a person whom he or she knows to be married to another person, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of K100,000 and imprisonment for twelve months.
The Malawian laws on marriage state, a person who contracts a civil marriage under Part VII and who subsequently is married or purports to be married, to more than one spouse, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine of K100,000 and imprisonment for five years.
According to Malawi's Marriage laws, the non-monetary contribution of each spouse shall also be taken into account when determining the contribution of a spouse to the maintenance of the other spouse or children of the marriage.
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The Marriage Laws in Malawi state that "The monetary contribution of each spouse shall be proportionate to his or her income"
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A wife is entitled to the continued use of the surname of her husband at the dissolution of the marriage, unless it is proved before a court that she used the name for an improper purpose or a fraudulent motive.
The Malawi Marriage laws state that A wife is entitled to retain her maiden name or to use the surname of her husband, or both, during the subsistence of the marriage.
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The Malawi Marriage laws state that A person entering into a marriage under this Part(Civil Marriage) shall first prove, by way of declaration before a registrar, that he or she is single.
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The Malawi Marriage laws state that a marriage recognized shall be either: a civil marriage; a customary marriage; a religious marriage; a marriage by repute or permanent cohabitation.
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The Malawi Marriage laws state that "religious marriage" means a marriage celebrated by a cleric in accordance with the recognized rites of a religion, religious body, denomination or sect to which one or both parties to the marriage belong;
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