Grounds for Divorce in North Carolina
Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch
& Crouch, Arlington, Virginia
- continuous separation for one year (isolated acts of sexual intercourse
do not fatally break the running of this period)
- separation for three or more years without cohabitation by reason of incurable
insanity of spouse
Code: 50-5.1, 50-6
Information has been checked against state statutes as of 1997
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