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Pennsylvania Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | Tit. 23 §§3101 to 3707; Pa. R. Civ. P. 400; 1920.1-1920.92 |
| Residency Requirements | Bona fide residency by one party at least 6 months before filing. |
| Waiting Period | Immediately final, subject to appeal. |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Irretrievable breakdown; separation (2 yrs.). |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | Existing common-law defense, to all grounds but irretrievably broken marriage. |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery; cruelty or violence; desertion for 1 or more yrs.; insanity (confined for 18 mos.); bigamy; conviction of crime (sentenced to prison for 2 or more yrs. also; indignities makes life intolerable and burdensome; irretrievable breakdown and 90 days passed since action was filed and mutual consent). |
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