What are the legal requirements to file for a divorce based on irreconcilable differences?
To file for divorce based on irreconcilable differences, the following requirements must be met: a. You or your spouse must have lived in New Jersey for 12 consecutive months before the filing of the divorce complaint. b. You and your spouse must have experienced irreconcilable differences for six months. The ground of irreconcilable differences does not require that one spouse make specific allegations or accusations against the other. 3. What is the legal impact of the new ground of irreconcilable differences? The legal impact is that persons may now file for divorce without having to allege marital fault against their spouse or without waiting for the expiration of an eighteen-month separation period. The new law will remove some of the animosity in a divorce. The great majority of cases are more vigorously contested on issues such as custody, parenting time, alimony, child support, and the equitable distribution of the marital assets. The new law is very beneficial because it is on
