Grounds for Divorce in Georgia
Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch
& Crouch, Arlington, Virginia
- irretrievable breakdown of marriage relationship
- mental incapacity
- impotency
- force, menace, duress or fraud in obtaining marriage
- pregnancy by man other than husband at time of marriage, unknown to husband
- adultery
- willful desertion for one year
- conviction (imprisonment for a term of two years or longer)
- habitual intoxication
- cruelty
- incurable mental illness (under continuing treatment for 2 years)
- habitual drug addiction
Code: 19-5-3
Information has been checked against state statutes as of 1997
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