Divorce

“Grounds” are legally acceptable reasons for a divorce. The judge can grant you a “no-fault” divorce in Georgia based on the marriage being “irretrievably broken,” which means it’s impossible to fix it.¹

The other reasons that a judge can grant a divorce are if you or your spouse:

• are too closely related to each other as defined by law;
• was mentally incapacitated at the time of the marriage;
• was impotent at the time of marriage;
• forced, threatened, or deceived the other into getting married;
• was pregnant at the time of marriage by a man other than the husband, and the husband did not know this;
• commits adultery (cheats);
• have willfully deserted the relationship for a period of one year;
• are convicted of a crime that involves moral turpitude and have been sentenced to prison for at least two years;
• are habitually intoxicated;
• engaged in “cruel treatment” by intentionally causing physical or emotional pain that reasonably causes fear of serious injury or danger to one’s life or health;
• have an incurable mental illness, which has been “certified” by a court or by two physicians who have personally examined the patient, and the patient has been institutionalized for a period of two years before the filing of the divorce; or
• are addicted to drugs (any controlled substance).²

¹ Georgia Code § 19-5-3(13)
² Georgia Code § 19-5-3(1)-(12)