12 Other Grounds For Divorce In Georgia

Besides no fault, there are 12 other grounds for divorce in Georgia. These are:

1. Intermarriage by persons within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity;
2. Mental incapacity;
3. Impotency;
4. Duress, or fraud in obtaining the marriage;
5. Pregnancy of the wife by a man other than the husband, at the time of the marriage, unknown to the husband;
6. Adultery - Adultery in Georgia includes heterosexual and homosexual relations between one spouse and another individual.
7. Willful and continued desertion for one year - A divorce may be granted on the grounds that a person has deserted his or her spouse willfully for at least one year.
8. Imprisonment for a term of two years or longer;
9. Habitual intoxication;
10. Cruel treatment;
11. Incurable mental illness.
12. Habitual drug addiction.

You can get a civil annulment for one of the following reasons:

• Fraud or misrepresentation – Your spouse lied about something that was important to you in getting married, like the ability to have children.
• No consummation of the marriage - Your spouse is physically unable to have sexual intercourse, and you didn’t know it when you got married.
• Incest, bigamy, or underage party- If your spouse is related to by blood so that your marriage is illegal under the laws of the state where the marriage took place or your spouse is married to someone else, or is under the age of consent and didn’t receive a parent’s approval.
• Unsound mind – Either you or your spouse was impaired by alcohol or drugs at the time of the wedding or didn’t have the mental capacity to understand what was happening.
• Force – You were forced into getting married

Contact us if you are planning on a divorce in Macon GA (Georgia), or in Roberta, Warner Robins, Forsyth, Byron-Centerville, Culloden, Fort Valley, Haddock, Jeffersonville, Lizella, Perry, Gray, Irwinton, Milledgeville and Vienna including Bibb County, Monroe County, Jones County, Crawford County, Peach County, Twiggs County, Baldwin County, Dooly County Houston County, Wesleyan College, Macon State College and Mercer University. Our divorce attorneys are based in Macon GA (Georgia).

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