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New Jersey Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | 2A:34 et seq. |
| Residency Requirements | Either party a bona fide resident of New Jersey at time cause of action arose and until commencement of action (except adultery, 1 yr. before action). |
| Waiting Period | Decree immediately final, pending any appeal. |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Separation (18 months). |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | Abolished by §2A:34-7. |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery; cruelty or violence; desertion from 12 mos.; drug/alcohol addiction; insanity/mental illness (confined for 24 mos.); conviction of crime (imprisonment for at least 18 mos.); deviant sexual behavior without plaintiff's consent. |
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