Year of Waiting request...

I have requested a Year of Waiting from my LSA.

"As far as Bahá’í law is concerned, divorce is automatically granted at the end of the year of waiting if reconciliation has not taken place, but… in the United States Bahá’í divorce cannot become effective until the civil divorce is granted..."
(Letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice, May 1, 1967)

The purpose of the year of waiting is for reconciliation of the couple and to provide a time for the individuals to evaluate themselves in relation to beginning a new life alone.

"Dating in the spirit of courtship is outside the bounds of Bahá’í propriety, even where the interpersonal relationship of the couple is not blatant or flagrant, casting reflections upon the strict morality required of Bahá’ís."
(Letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice, December 6, 1981)

We shall see how it goes.