Article 82 — — (2) Power of the Court.

1) Where the petition for divorce is made under the preceding Article, the court shall speak to the spouses separately or jointly with a view of persuading them to renounce the petition for divorce and solve their dispute amicably. 2) Where the attempt made under Sub-Article (1) has tailed or is likely to fail the court may direct the spouses to settle their dispute through arbitrators of their own choice. 3) Where the spouses did not agree to settle their dispute through arbitration, the court may dismiss the parties by giving them a cooling period of up to three months. 4) Where all the efforts made under the preceding provisions have failed, the court shall pronounce divorce within one month from the receipt of the reports or arbitrators, or me end of the cooling period, as the case may be. 5) From the time the petition for divorce is brought before it, the court shall forthwith give appropriate order regarding the maintenance of the spouses, the custody and maintenance of their children and the management of their property. 6) Where circumstances absolutely require that one of the spouses leave their common abode, the court shall, when giving an order under Sub-Article (5) of this Article, take into consideration the interest of children and the condition of the spouse who may be affected more by leaving their common abode.