Does Massachusetts recognize drug addiction as grounds for divorce?
Yes, see MGL c. 208 ยง 1.Here is some helpful explanation from Kindregan and Inker, FAMILY LAW AND PRACTICE (vol. 2 of the Mass Practice Series) at section 33.4, pages 275-276: “Massachusetts recognizes the gross and confirmed habits of intoxication caused by voluntary and excessive use of intoxicating liquor or narcotics as grounds for divorce. … The mere use of liquor or drugs by a married person is not of itself grounds for divorce. … The statute requires that the use which leads to the habits of intoxication must be voluntary and excessive. The voluntary requirement has not presented any problem of statutory interpretation, but the question of what constitutes excessive use may be problematic in some instances.
