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2. Grounds for divorce (United States) - Wikipedia

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   When California first enacted divorce laws in 1850, the only grounds for divorce were impotence, extreme cruelty, desertion, neglect, habitual intemperance, fraud, adultery, or conviction of a felony. [28] In 1969-1970, California became the first state to pass a purely no-fault divorce law, i.e., one which did not offer any fault divorce ...

3. Grounds for divorce - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, each state has distinctive reference names for grounds for divorce. [4]All states recognize some form of no fault divorce. A no fault divorce can be granted on grounds such as irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, irreconcilable differences, incompatibility, or after a period of separation, depending on the state.

4. Michigan Divorce Laws - AOL

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   Michigan is a purely no-fault divorce state, so neither party has to prove any wrongdoing on the part of the other. The only legal grounds for divorce in the state is that the marriage broke down ...

5. Same-sex marriage in Texas - Wikipedia

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   Abbott appealed that decision too and filed to intervene on February 11. On January 7, 2011, the Texas Third Court of Appeals ruled in the case of Texas v. Naylor that the state had no right to intervene in the case to challenge the divorce on appeal. [47] The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on November 5, 2013. [48]

6. Pro se legal representation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   According to the National Center for State Courts in the United States, as of 2006 pro se litigants had become more common in both state courts and federal courts. [1] Estimates of the pro se rate of family law overall averaged 67% in California, 73% in Florida's large counties, and 70% in some Wisconsin counties. [ 1 ]

7. Divorce in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The road to Reno: A history of divorce in the United States (Greenwood Press, 1977) Chused, Richard H. Private acts in public places: A social history of divorce in the formative era of American family law (U of Pennsylvania Press, 1994) Griswold, Robert L. "The Evolution of the Doctrine of Mental Cruelty in Victorian American Divorce, 1790-1900."