Every state permits no-fault dissolution. Retained fault grounds include adultery, cruelty, desertion, habitual drunkenness, and felony conviction, and may affect property division or support in some jurisdictions.
Some states permit only no-fault grounds.
Alternative Names:
Divorce Grounds|Fault Grounds
Why it Matters?
Fault relevance to financial outcomes is the practical question rather than the ground itself, since a state permitting fault-based dissolution may nonetheless bar consideration of marital misconduct in property division, and pleading fault without that connection adds cost and acrimony without benefit. Economic fault including dissipation is separately relevant almost everywhere and is the productive allegation.
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Does fault affect financial outcomes?
What allegation is productive everywhere?
