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New York Law - What Are The Grounds for Divorce
Here are the grounds for granting a divorce in New York.
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Cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Non-consensual abandonment by the other party for 1 year or more prior to filing the divorce action (including lockout, or a continuing refusal to engage in sexual relations).
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Imprisonment of the other party for 3 years or more years (starting after the marriage).
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Voluntary adultery, but not where the spouse aided the adultery, forgave the adultery, let five years go by, or was adulterous also.
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Separation judgment
granted, plus 1 year living apart after that.
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Separation agreement signed, plus 1 year living apart after that. (This is the "no fault" ground, but the parties must agree to the divorce.)
Sec 170.1, 171.
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