In order to file for divorce in Georgia, either you or your spouse must have been a resident of the State of Georgia for six months prior to the filing of the divorce.  This is a requirement for the Courts in Georgia to have jurisdiction over the divorce; it cannot be waived.

In Georgia, there are thirteen ground (or reasons) to file for divorce.  The most common reason is that the marriage is irretrievably broken. This is commonly known as  “no fault” divorce.

The other twelve grounds for divorce are:

(1)  Intermarriage by persons within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity;

(2)  Mental incapacity at the time of the marriage;

(3)  Impotency at the time of the marriage;

(4)  Force, menace, duress, or fraud in obtaining the marriage;

(5)  Pregnancy of the wife by a man other than the husband, at the time of the marriage, unknown to the husband;

(6)  Adultery in either of the parties after marriage;

(7)  Willful and continued desertion by either of the parties for the term of one year;

(8)  The conviction of either party for an offense involving moral turpitude, under which he is sentenced to imprisonment in a penal institution for a term of two years or longer;

(9)  Habitual intoxication;

(10)  Cruel treatment, which shall consist of the willful infliction of pain, bodily or mental, upon the complaining party, such as reasonably justifies apprehension of danger to life, limb, or health;

(11)  Incurable mental illness; and

(12)  Habitual drug addiction, which shall consist of addiction to any controlled substance.

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