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Connecticut Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | 46b-40, 44, 67 |
| Residency Requirements | Resident for 12 months before filing or 1 party domiciliary at time of marriage and returned with intent to stay or the cause for dissolution occurred after either moved to the state. |
| Waiting Period | 90 days. |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Irretrievable breakdown; separation. (lived apart for at least 18 mos. prior to complaint) |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | - |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery; cruelty or violence; willful desertion for 1 yr.; drug/alcohol addiction; insanity; unexplained absence for at least 7 yrs.; conviction of infamous crime; fraudulent contract; legal confinement for mental illness 5 out of last 6 yrs. |
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