Vermont Divorce Laws
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Grounds for Divorce.
A divorce can be granted under Vermont laws based on living separate and apart for 6 consecutive months where resumption of marital relations is not reasonably probable. Vermont laws also recognize the following fault-based grounds:

(1) For adultery in either party;

(2) When either party is sentenced to prison for three years or more, and is actually confined at the time of filing the complaint;

(3) For intolerable severity in either party;

(4) For willful desertion or when either party has been absent for seven years and not heard of during that time;

(5) On complaint of either party when one spouse has sufficient pecuniary or physical ability to provide suitable maintenance for the other and, without cause, persistently refuses or neglects so to do;

(6) On the ground of incurable insanity of either party; or

-From § 551 of the Vermont Statutes.

 

Residency Laws.
A complaint for divorce can be filed when either party has resided in Vermont for at least 6 months. However, a divorce can't be finalized until one party has resided in Vermont for at least one year next preceding the date of final hearing. Temporary absence from the state because of illness, employment, military service, or other legitimate and bona fide cause, shall not affect the residency, provided the person has otherwise retained residence in this state.

-From § 592 of the Vermont Statutes.

 

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Other pages on Vermont divorce laws:
General Vermont Divorce Laws
Alimony Divorce Laws in Vermont
Vermont Child Custody Laws
Vermont Child Support Laws
Vermont Laws on Property Division

 

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This information has been summarized from the Vermont statutes. You can find the full-text version of these and other Vermont divorce statutes online here: Vermont Divorce Laws (when you get there, click on "Vermont Statutes" then "Title 15, Domestic Relations").