The process will take the majority of separations out of the court system, according to The Times newspaper.
While the average uncontested divorce costs £410 and takes 33 weeks, the new system aims to make them significantly cheaper and take no longer than two days to complete.
Couples will be able to get a divorce over the counter or via post.
The new system would free up time for judges in court, and also saves couples the costly and potentially daunting experience of going to court.
However Andrea Williams, from the Christian Legal Centre, called the move a "further erosion of the institution of marriage."
Harry Benson, a Christian who directs the Marriage Foundation, gave his reaction on Premier's News Hour. He said: "I don't think the reason that people get divorced is because of the legal 'i's that you have to dot and 't's that you have to cross. People divorce because their relationship's gone horribly badly wrong.
"The biggest barrier to exit is not the legal barrier, it's the sheer difficulty of unravelling the complexity of daily life and sorting out children... So I don't think the legal side is really going to affect whether people get married or whether they get divorced.
"People are putting in their papers and then waiting thirty-something weeks, and it has to go in front of a High Court judge or whatever, and now you're still filling in the forms, you're still going through the same process, you're just going to get the result a bit quicker."
Listen to Premier's Des Busteed speaking to Harry Benson here:
