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Alaska Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | 25.24.050; 25.24.080; 25.24.120, 130, 200, 210 |
| Residency Requirements | Plaintiff must be resident for any amount of time |
| Waiting Period | - |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | - |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | For adultery, procurement, connivance, express or implied forgiveness, dual guilt, or waiting over 2 yrs. to bring action; procurement or express forgiveness is defense to any other ground. |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery; cruelty or violence; willful desertion for 1 yr.; drug/alcohol addiction; conviction of felony; failure to consummate; incompatible temperament; incurable mental illness (confined to institution for at least 18 mos. prior to divorce action). |
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