What are the types of divorces?
There are two types of divorces, generally referred to as fault divorce and no-fault divorce. In a fault divorce, one party is placing the blame for ending the marriage on the other party. You may obtain a divorce from your spouse without a statutory waiting period based on the following claims: (1) adultery, or (2) where, after the marriage, either party has been convicted of a felony, sentenced to confinement for more than one year and confined for such felony, and the husband and wife have not lived together after such confinement. You may also obtain a divorce from your spouse after one year has passed from the time when either party has been guilty of cruelty, caused reasonable apprehension of bodily harm, or willfully deserted or abandoned the other. In a no-fault divorce, the parties want to separate and divorce because of factors not listed above. You may obtain a divorce from your spouse if you have lived separate and apart without interruption for one year. If you and your sp
