Grounds for Divorce in Puerto Rico
Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch
& Crouch, Arlington, Virginia
- separation of spouses for uninterrupted period of more than two years
(in which case neither spouse is held culpable)
- adultery
- conviction of felony which involves jail sentence, unless spouse is entitled
to and accepts benefits of suspended sentence
- habitual drunkenness or continued and excessive use of opium, morphine
or any other narcotic
- cruel treatment or grave injury
- abandonment for over a year
- absolute, perpetual and incurable impotency occurred after marriage
- attempt of husband or wife to corrupt their sons or prostitute their daughters
and connivance in such corruption or prostitution
- proposal of husband to prostitute his wife
- incurable insanity supervening after marriage if it seriously prevents
spouses living together spiritually
Code: 31-232, 301, 236, 287, 321 et seq.
Information has *NOT* been checked against statutes
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