In Pennsylvania, you can get divorced if you and/or you spouse has lived in the state for at least six months prior to filing the Complaint for Divorce. If you meet the residency requirement, then the next step would be to determine whether to file for a no-fault divorce or a fault-based divorce.
No-fault Divorce Grounds:
- Abandonment without reasonable cause
- Adultery
- Cruel and barbarous treatment (e.g. domestic violence)
- Bigamy
- Imprisonment
- Acts of which have made the person’s life intolerable or extremely difficult
Fault-based Divorce Grounds:
- Mutual consent
- Irretrievably broken marriage
- Institutionalization
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