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3301 – Grounds For Divorce | Pennsylvania Law

Learn about Pennsylvania's grounds for divorce, including fault, mental health, and mutual consent provisions, to understand your legal options.

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Pennsylvania State Law

3301 – Grounds For Divorce

Pennsylvania Title 23 - Domestic Relations § 3301

Summary

Pennsylvania law outlines the grounds for divorce, including fault-based reasons such as adultery, desertion, cruelty, bigamy, imprisonment, and indignities. It also provides for divorce due to mental illness and mutual consent if the marriage is irretrievably broken. The law specifies conditions under which a divorce can be granted based on these grounds.

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In simple terms: Learn about Pennsylvania's grounds for divorce, including fault, mental health, and mutual consent provisions, to understand your legal options.. This means people must follow this rule, and breaking it can lead to criminal penalties.