Divorce is a legal basis for the termination of marriage during the lifetime of the spouses by court decision due to circumstances that arose during the marriage. The court will grant a divorce if the spouses mutually agree to propose a divorce, if it is determined that the marital relationship is seriously and permanently disrupted, or if the spouses no longer live together and more than a year has passed since the termination of the marital union. There are two types of divorce proceedings: contested and uncontested. The first is initiated by a lawsuit filed by one spouse, while the second is proposed mutually by both spouses. If parents who are divorcing have a minor child in common, they must submit to the court a report on mandatory counseling or a drafted joint custody plan. Croatian law provides for two models of peaceful resolution of family law conflicts: mandatory counseling and family mediation, aimed at having the spouses reach an agreement on the essential aspects of parental care through peaceful means, or to achieve a joint custody plan. Divorce produces certain legal consequences, and the spouses can agree on the child’s place of residence, the family house or apartment that will serve as the family home, the manner of exercising parental care and personal relations with the child, child support, the regulation of the spouses' property relations, and spousal support.