El divorcio en Pensilvania se puede pedir por varias razones. Si uno de los esposos hace algo muy malo, como engañar o abandonar al otro, se puede demandar por divorcio.
Es como cuando un jugador de un equipo decide irse porque su compañero no juega limpio. Si uno no respeta las reglas de la relación, el otro tiene derecho a salir.
Imagina que Juan y María están casados, pero Juan ha estado saliendo con otra persona. Después de un año de engaños, María decide que ya no puede seguir con la relación y solicita el divorcio por adulterio.
23 Pa.C.S. 3301 - Grounds For Divorce (a) Fault.--The court may grant a divorce to the innocent and injured spouse whenever it is judged that the other spouse has: (1) Committed willful and malicious desertion, and absence from the habitation of the injured and innocent spouse, without a reasonable cause, for the period of one or more years. (2) Committed adultery. (3) By cruel and barbarous treatment, endangered the life or health of the injured and innocent spouse. (4) Knowingly entered into a bigamous marriage while a former marriage is still subsisting. (5) Been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two or more years upon conviction of having committed a crime. (6) Offered such indignities to the innocent and injured spouse as to render that spouse's condition intolerable and life burdensome. (b) Institutionalization.--The court may grant a divorce from a spouse upon the ground that insanity or serious mental disorder has resulted in confinement in a mental institution for at least 18 months immediately before the commencement of an action under this part and where there is no reasonable prospect that the spouse will be discharged from inpatient care during the 18 months subsequent to the commencement of the action. A presumption that no prospect of discharge exists shall be established by a certificate of the superintendent of the institution to that effect and which includes a supporting statement of a treating physician. (c) Mutual consent.--The court may grant a divorce where it is alleged that the marriage is irretrievably broken and 90 days have elapsed from the date of commencement of an action under this part and an affidavit has been filed by each of the parties evidencing that each of the parties consents to the divorce. (d) Irretrievable breakdown.-- (1
Las razones incluyen el adulterio, el abandono, el maltrato físico o emocional, y el encarcelamiento de uno de los esposos.
Necesitas presentar una declaración que demuestre que ambos están de acuerdo y que han estado separados por al menos 90 días.
Si tu pareja ha estado internada en una institución mental por al menos 18 meses y no hay perspectivas de que sea dada de alta, puedes solicitar el divorcio.
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