What are grounds for divorce in Florida and Georgia?
There are 13 grounds for divorce in Georgia. The no-fault ground is termed irretrievably broken and is the most common ground claimed for divorce. Other grounds include adultery, desertion for a year or more, impotence at the time of marriage, cruel mental or physical treatment, force or fraud used to obtain the marriage, too close of a blood relation, mental illness, habitual intoxication or drug addiction, mental incapacity at the time of marriage, pregnancy of the wife at the time of marriage that was unknown to the husband, and conviction and imprisonment for certain crimes. Florida is a no-fault marriage state, meaning that fault grounds for divorce are not heard by the Florida Courts. The only ground for divorce in Florida is irreconcilable differences resulting in an irreparable marriage.
