What are the recognized grounds for divorce in Virginia?
Virginia law allows for no-fault divorces to granted if the parties seeking the divorce have lived separate and apart without cohabitation for an uninterrupted period of one (1) year. If the parties have entered into a separation agreement, there are no children borne of the marriage or adopted by the parties and both parties have lived separate and apart without cohabitation for an uninterrupted period of six (6) months, the court may also grant a no-fault decree of divorce. Additional grounds upon which a divorce may be granted include: 1. For adultery; or for sodomy or buggery committed outside the marriage; 2. Conviction of a felony and sentence to confinement for more than one year; 3. Where either party has been guilty of cruelty, caused reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willfully deserted or abandoned the other.
Virginia law allows for “no-fault” divorces to be granted if the parties seeking the divorce have been physically separated and lived apart without cohabitation for an uninterrupted period of one (1) year. If the parties have entered into a separation agreement and there are no children borne of the marriage or adopted by the parties, and both parties have lived separate and apart without cohabitation for an uninterrupted period of six (6) months, then the court may grant a no-fault decree of divorce.
