Georgia Divorce Facts
Grounds For Divorce

In State of Georgia, currently there are 13 grounds for divorce. One ground is "irretrievably broken" (sometimes referred to as the "no-fault" ground. See Georgia Grounds For Divorce #13. The other 12 grounds for divorce in Georgia are classified as "fault" grounds.  

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #1

Intermarriage by persons within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #2

Mental incapacity at the time of the marriage;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #3

Impotency at the time of the marriage;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #4

Force, menace, duress, or fraud in obtaining the marriage;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #5

Pregnancy of the wife by a man other than the husband, at the time of the marriage, unknown to the husband;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #6

Adultery in either of the parties after marriage;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #7

Willful and continued desertion by either of the parties for the term of one year;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #8

The conviction of either party for an offense involving moral turpitude, under which he is sentenced to imprisonment in a penal institution for a term of two years or longer;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #9

Habitual intoxication;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #10

Cruel treatment, which shall consist of the willful infliction of pain, bodily or mental, upon the complaining party, such as reasonably justifies apprehension of danger to life, limb, or health;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #11

Incurable mental illness;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #12

Habitual drug addiction, which shall consist of addiction to any controlled substance;

Georgia Divorce – Grounds For Divorce #13

The marriage is irretrievably broken.  Under no circumstances shall the court grant a divorce on this ground until not less than 30 days from the date of service on the respondent. (This is the, “NO FAULT” grounds for divorce.)