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Legal Information: Indiana

Divorce

Updated: 
January 24, 2019

What are the grounds for divorce in Indiana?

Grounds are legally acceptable reasons for divorce. The judge can grant you a divorce in Indiana if:

  1. there was an irretrievable (unfixable) breakdown of your marriage;
  2. your spouse was convicted of a felony during your marriage;
  3. your spouse was impotent at the time you got married; or
  4. your spouse was incurably insane for a period of at least two years.1

1 Indiana Code § 31-15-2-3

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