Frequently Asked Questions about Divorce Mediation

• Do I have to specify grounds for the divorce?

   

  The complete list with full details can be found here, but I will highlight the potential implications on this page.  You will need to specify in your papers why the court should grant your divorce.

   

  1. Adultery;
     • The other person may have to be named and may have to appear in court
  2. Willful and continued desertion for 12 or more months
     •  This doesn't necessarily mean living in separate homes
  3. Extreme cruelty, which is defined as including any physical or mental cruelty which endangers the safety or health of the plaintiff or makes it improper or unreasonable to expect the plaintiff to continue to cohabit with the defendant
  4. Separation, provided that the husband and wife have lived separate and apart in different habitations for a period of at least 18 or more consecutive months and there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation
  5. Voluntarily induced addiction or habituation to any narcotic drug or alcohol for a period of 12 or more consecutive months subsequent to marriage
  6. Institutionalization for mental illness for a period of 24 or more consecutive months subsequent to marriage
  7. Imprisonment of the defendant for 18 or more consecutive months after marriage, provided that where the action is not commenced until after the defendant’s release, the parties have not resumed cohabitation following such imprisonment;
  8. Deviant sexual conduct voluntarily performed by the defendant without the consent of the plaintiff;
  9. Irreconcilable Differences which have caused the breakdown of the marriage for 6 months.
     • This is New Jersey's no-fault cause of action.

      

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