Grounds for Divorce in Ohio
Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch
& Crouch, Arlington, Virginia
A. dissolution of marriage
- parties agree in mutual consent that marriage should be terminated by
court, they agree on every area, such as division of marital property, spousal
support, parental rights and responsibilities, child support, etc. Court
does not have to decide, it just terminates marriage upon this mutual consent.
Code: § 3105.65 (1980)
B. divorce of marriage
- separation without cohabitation for uninterrupted period of one year
- incompatibility, unless denied by either party
- willful absence of adverse party for one year
- adultery
- extreme cruelty
- fraudulent contract
- any gross neglect of duty
- habitual drunkenness
- imprisonment of adverse party in penitentiary at time of filing complaint
- procurement of divorce outside this state, by husband or wife, by virtue
of which party who procured it is released from obligations of marriage,
while those obligations remain binding upon other party
Code: 3105.01
Information has been checked against state statutes as of 1997
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