{"id":26926,"date":"2022-09-05T03:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T03:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/amjur\/divorce-sect-2.html"},"modified":"2022-08-25T11:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T11:48:06","slug":"divorce-sect-2","status":"publish","type":"amjur","link":"https:\/\/reference.findlaw.com\/amjur\/divorce-sect-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Am Jur 2d – Divorce and Separation \u00a7 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I. Divorce and Separation Proceedings, Generally, A. Nature and Validity, 1. In General, \u00a7 2 – No-fault divorce<\/h2>\n

Most states now have statutes which allow for no-fault divorce, or divorce by consent, in which the parties are not required to prove fault or grounds for divorce other than a showing of irreconcilable differences or an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.[1<\/a>] Divorces provided for under this type of statute are also known as “conversion” divorces, since they permit the conversion of a judicial separation decree or separation agreement into an absolute divorce decree.[2<\/a>]<\/p>\n

A primary purpose of such a statute is to remove from domestic relations litigation the issue of marital fault as a determining factor,[3<\/a>] to abolish the necessity of presenting sordid and ugly details of conduct by either party to obtain a dissolution of marriage,[4<\/a>] and to replace the concept of “fault” by substituting marriage failure or “irretrievable breakdown” as a basis for a decree dissolving a marriage.[5<\/a>] It has also been observed that the purposes of a no-fault divorce statute are:<\/p>\n