Grounds for Divorce: Irretrievable Breakdown In most states, a spouse may get a no-fault divorce based on a breakdown of the marriage. Some states refer to this breakdown of a marriage as irretrievable breakdown. Irretrievable breakdown is when one or both spouses claim that the marriage is broken and there is no reasonable possibility of [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Bigamy In addition to no-fault grounds, most states still provide traditional or fault grounds for divorce. The fault grounds or reasons for divorce vary from state to state. Bigamy is a specific fault ground for divorce in some states. Bigamy occurs where one of the spouses to a marriage had a prior [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Impotence In addition to no-fault grounds, most states still provide traditional or fault grounds for divorce. The fault grounds or reasons for divorce vary from state to state. Impotence is a specific fault ground for divorce in some states. Impotence is a male’s inability to have sexual intercourse. Impotence can be grounds [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Irreconcilable Differences In most states, a spouse may get a no-fault divorce based on a breakdown of the marriage. Some states refer to this breakdown of a marriage as irreconcilable differences. Irreconcilable differences are those grounds which are determined by the court to be substantial reasons for not continuing the marriage and [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Abandonment or Desertion You may be able to file for divorce based on abandonment or desertion if your spouse left you and never came back. Abandonment or desertion is considered a traditional or fault ground for divorce. In the majority of states that allow fault-based divorce, abandonment or desertion is one of [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Adultery To get a divorce you must have a reason. Some reasons for divorce do not require proof that your spouse was at fault but other reasons, such as adultery, do require proof of fault. In most states you may choose to have either a no-fault or a fault-based divorce. In some [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Cruelty In addition to no-fault grounds, most states still provide traditional or fault grounds for divorce. The fault grounds or reasons for divorce vary from state to state. Cruelty is a specific fault ground for divorce in most of the states that allow fault-based divorces. Prior to the introduction of no-fault divorce [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Incompatibility In most states, a spouse may get a no-fault divorce based on a breakdown of the marriage. Some states refer to this breakdown of a marriage as incompatibility. Incompatibility is a statement about the condition of the marriage, and it doesn’t mean that either spouse has specifically done something wrong. A [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Collusion Collusion is one of the defenses to the fault grounds for divorce. Collusion is an agreement between spouses for one of them to commit, or at least appear to have committed, an act that qualifies as grounds for a fault-based divorce in order to allow the other spouse to get a [...]
Grounds for Divorce: Insanity In addition to no-fault grounds, most states still provide traditional or “fault grounds” for divorce. The fault grounds or reasons for divorce vary from state to state. Insanity, which is also called mental illness or mental incapacity, is a specific fault ground for divorce in some states. Although insanity is a [...]
