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Maine Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | Tit. 19-A §§901 to 908 |
| Residency Requirements | Parties must reside there and have been married there or resided there when cause of action accrued, or plaintiff resides there in good faith in state 6 months prior to action, or defendant is a resident. |
| Waiting Period | Court may make it final immediately, but otherwise it is subject to an appeal period. |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Irreconcilable differences. |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | Recrimination is comparative not absolute defense; sometimes condonation in court's discretion. |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery; cruelty or violence; utter desertion for 3 consecutive yrs.; drug/alcohol addiction; impotence; nonsupport; insanity (mental illness-confined for at least 7 yrs. prior to action); irreconcilable differences. |
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