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Term Definition Certification of Noncollusion and Verification - a formal acknowledgment in which the claimant certified that the parties in the divorce action have not colluded.
Application in Divorce At one time, when fault was the only way to divorce, spouses who wished to end a marriage would come together to give one Collusion in this way was called a "hotel divorce."

In addition, collusive divorce also involved trial.

No-fault divorce has reduced the need for spouses to act collusively in divorce actions, but it still exists when it comes to agreeing on a false filing for a no-fault divorce.

This certification, however, is required in some jurisdictions.