What are the circumstances needed to get a divorce in Connecticut?
In Connecticut, there are several reasons which justify seeking a divorce. CGS sections 46b-40(c) list the 10 categories which include irretrievable breakdown, living apart for 18 months with no reasonable prospect for reconciliation, adultery, fraudulent contract, willful desertion for one year, seven years absence, habitual intemperance, intolerable cruelty, life imprisonment or conviction of an infamous crime violating conjugal duty or legal confinement for mental illness for five of the last six years. However, most cases are filed based upon irretrievable breakdown.
