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North Dakota Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | 14-05-03, et seq. |
| Residency Requirements | Plaintiff resident for 6 months before commencement of action or entry of divorce decree. |
| Waiting Period | Decree must specify time when parties may remarry. 14-05-02 |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Irreconcilable differences. |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | Condonation; lapse of time. |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery; cruelty or violence; willful desertion or neglect; drug/alcohol addiction; insanity for period of 5 yrs.; conviction of felony. Irreconcilable differences. |
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