| <!-- html,body { border: 0px; } --><!-- body | | | | divorce may be granted, and the spouse filing for |
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| background-color: #FAFFFF; font-size: 9.5pt; | | | | marital situation warrants a divorce based upon |
| font-weight: normal; font-family: verdana, arial, | | | | the grounds established by that state. In South |
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| .serendipity_imageComment_left, | | | | A no fault ground for divorce is acceptable in |
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| .serendipity_imageComment_left { float: left; } | | | | Fault |
| .serendipity_imageComment_right { float: right; } | | | | The four fault grounds for divorce in South |
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| .serendipity_imageComment_txt { margin: 0px; | | | | • Adultery |
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| If you are preparing to file for a divorce in South | | | | apprehension of physical abuse |
| Carolina, either you or your spouse must have | | | | • Habitual alcoholism and/or drug abuse and |
| been a resident in the state for at least one | | | | addiction |
| year—unless you are both residents, in which | | | | • Willful desertion for at least a one year |
| case the length of residency requirement is | | | | period |
| reduced to three months. After filing for | | | | Grounds for divorce |
| divorce, you must wait ninety days before a | | | | Grounds for divorce—by limiting the reasons |
| divorce decree can be ordered. When one | | | | that the legal system will accept as valid causes |
| spouse files a complaint for divorce, the legal | | | | for the termination of a marriage—are |
| divorce process officially begins. | | | | designed to prevent the occurrence of rash |
| However, in order to file a complaint for a | | | | decisions about the dissolution of marriages. (Read |
| divorce, the reason for it must accord with the | | | | more about the laws surrounding grounds for |
| grounds for divorce in South Carolina. Each state | | | | divorce in South Carolia.) |
| has its own unique set of grounds for which a | | | | Click here to read the full article... |