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Vermont Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | Tit. 15 §§551, 562, 563, 592, 631 |
| Residency Requirements | 6 months before commencing action and 1 yr. before final hearing. 2 yrs. before commencing action for grounds of insanity. |
| Waiting Period | - |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Separation (6 months). |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | Recrimination and condonation not defenses. |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery; intolerable severity; desertion (7 years); nonsupport; incurable insanity (confined for 5 yrs.); conviction of crime with imprisonment over 3 yrs; living apart for 6 consecutive months and resumption of marital relations not reasonably probable. |
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