A law firm in Tennessee, in the United States, has launched a somewhat peculiar competition for the approaching Valentine's Day.

The objective, to participate with his or her spouse if one wishes to divorce, to hope to be represented free of charge by lawyers, without having to pay an astronomical sum to pay for his separation.

In the midst of a health crisis, confinement or even the curfew have not necessarily helped all couples to strengthen themselves.

Sometimes the situation even led to the inevitable, from being too stuck up: divorce.

But as in all complicated situations, some manage to benefit from it, at least in terms of communication.

And this time it's the lawyers, as

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An all expenses paid divorce

In the United States, more precisely in Tennessee, in the city of Crossville, a law firm has decided to surf on these marital crises to offer a contest on the occasion of February 14, that is to say the day of St. Valentine.

The key to this competition is a rather special gain ... An all expenses paid divorce.

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Because a divorce is expensive, as an employee of the Power Law firm in question explains: "A lot of people stay married simply because financially, they cannot do otherwise", assures Timothy Sexton.

The winners of the game will therefore be represented free of charge by the firm, which has undertaken to offer all the costs of legal representation.

A couple separated for 20 years registered

Participating is simple.

Applicants should send Power Law attorneys an email in which they describe their story.

But be careful, the firm specifies that only divorces by mutual consent and accompanied by little or no litigation concerning childcare will be examined.

Among the candidates for free divorce already declared, is for example a couple living separated for twenty years.

The two former lovers do not have the means to finance divorce proceedings.