Grounds for Divorce in Rhode Island
Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch
& Crouch, Arlington, Virginia
- separation for at least three years, whether voluntary or involuntary
- irremediable breakdown of marriage
- marriage was originally void or voidable by law
- either party is for crime deemed to be or treated as if civilly dead
- impotency
- adultery
- extreme cruelty
- willful desertion for five years of either of parties
- desertion for less than five years in discretion of court,
- continued drunkenness
- habitual, excessive and intemperate use of opium, morphine, or chloral
- neglect and refusal, for period of at least one year before filing of
petition, on part of husband to provide necessaries for subsistence of his
wife, husband being of sufficient ability
- any gross misbehavior and wickedness in either of parties, repugnant to
and in violation of marriage covenant
Code: 15-5-3.1
Information has been checked against state statutes as of 1997
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