Grounds for Divorce in Vermont
Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch
& Crouch, Arlington, Virginia
- separation for 6 consecutive months
- adultery
- confinement at hard labor in the state prison for at least three years,
if defendant is actually confined at the time of bringing the libel
- intolerable severity
- willful desertion or absence for seven years without being heard of
- persistent refusal or neglect to provide suitable maintenance for other
without cause,
- incurable insanity (confinement to an insane asylum of this or a sister
state for at least 5 years preceding commencement of action
Code: 15-551, 15-631
Information has been checked against state statutes as of 1997
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