Florida Grounds for Divorce
As is true in most divorce cases across the country, when a party to a divorce files the legal petition in the state of Florida she must allege a grounds for the divorce in the original petition.
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Divorce Procedure
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To begin the divorce process in Florida, the petitioner, or the person filing the paperwork, must file a petition for divorce. The petition must contain basic information on the involved parties, residency information and alleged grounds for the divorce.
No Fault
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Florida allows the petitioner to file for a divorce on the grounds that the marriage has been irretrievable broken. This is commonly known as a "no fault" divorce because the petitioner does not have to prove any wrongdoing or fault on the part of his spouse.
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Mental Incapacity
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The only other grounds for divorce allowed in Florida is mental incapacity. To file on the grounds of mental incapacity your spouse must have been adjudged incapacitated by a court for at least the preceding three years.
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