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Pennsylvania Law - Fault-based Grounds for Divorce
The fault-based grounds for divorce in Pennsylvania, which are now obsolete,
are the following:
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Committing willful and malicious desertion from the home, without a reasonable cause, for the period of one or more years.
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Committing adultery (unless the plaintiff continued the conjugal relationship after learning, was guilty of adultery as well, etc.).
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By cruel and barbarous treatment, endangering the life or health of the spouse.
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Knowingly entering into a bigamous marriage.
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Being sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two or more years for having committed a crime.
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Offering such indignities to the spouse as to render that spouse's condition intolerable and life burdensome.
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Having a spouse who is insane and committed for at least 18 months, where there is no reasonable
chance the spouse will be released in the next 18 months.
Sections 3301, 3307.
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