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2. No-fault divorce - Wikipedia

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   No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party of the marriage without requiring the petitioner to provide evidence that the defendant has committed a breach of the marital contract.

3. Grounds for divorce (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Several grounds for fault divorce include adultery, cruelty, abandonment, mental illness, and criminal conviction. [7] There are, however, additional grounds that are acceptable in some states such as drug abuse, impotency, and religious reasons. [9] While there are various grounds for divorce across the United States, there are also defenses ...

4. New York divorce law - Wikipedia

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   Since 2010, a new ground has been added, effectively permitting no-fault divorce in New York state: The relationship between husband and wife has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months ( DRL §170.7) The parties may also disagree over child support, custody, alimony, division of joint assets or who is going to pay legal fees.

5. Get (divorce document) - Wikipedia

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   A get, ghet, [1] [2] [3] or gett ( / ɡɛt /; Imperial Aramaic: גט, plural gittin גטין) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple. The term is also used to refer to the divorce itself. [4] [5] The get is a 12-line document written in Aramaic. [6] The requirements for a get include that the ...

6. Divorce - Wikipedia

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   e. Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. [1] Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganising of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.

7. Milton's divorce tracts - Wikipedia

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   Milton's divorce tracts refer to the four interlinked polemical pamphlets— The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, The Judgment of Martin Bucer, Tetrachordon, and Colasterion —written by John Milton from 1643 to 1645. They argue for the legitimacy of divorce on grounds of spousal incompatibility. Arguing for divorce at all, let alone a ...