State Divorce Laws

In every state, married couples terminate their marriage through the legal process of divorce or ‘dissolution of marriage’ in statutes.

Marriage.com has blog pages on State Divorce Laws that encompass a concise summary of the divorce legislation of all states along with the district of Columbia.

We have compiled the data from highly credible sources like statute books and updates, keeping into consideration reliability and validity factors. We ensure that the data is accurate and complete. We have used correct terminology, with certain exceptions.

Please be informed that divorce laws are not static, they are constantly changing with respect to conditions involved. Therefore, before you move forward it is necessary to check legal points that are important for your case, in divorce law book to ensure that the law has not changed. Also, don’t forget to check with your lawyer.

We provide you all the information in the most simplified manner and most-commonly used language. You may find certain texts difficult to comprehend because we have taken the laws directly form statutes and divorce law books.