Code Section
9-12-301, 307, 308, 310
Residency
One party must be resident at least 60 days before action and a resident 3 months before final decree granted.
Waiting Period
30 days from filing for decree (except in willful desertion for 1 year of continuous separation).
No Fault
Separation:- (lived separate and apart for 18 mos.)
Defenses
Collusion, consent or equal guilt in adultery.
Grounds
Impotence; conviction of felony or infamous crime; habitual drunk for one year or cruel and barbarous treatment or offers indignities; adultery; separate for 18 continuous months; committed for 3 yrs.; and where either spouse legally obligated to support other and having ability to provide common necessities, willfully fails to do so.