1 201 U. EL 562. 2 Vol. 12, Subj. 39.

3 Causes for Divorce in the various states are as follows:

States.

Residence Required.

Causes for Absolute Divorce. In addition to adultery, which is cause for divorce in all the

States*

Alabama ....................

1 year.

Abandonment two years, felony, crime against nature, habitual drunkenness, violence, pregnancy of wife by other than husband at marriage, physical incapacity, imprisonment for two years.

Arizona .....................

1 year.

Felony, physical incapacity, desertion one year, excess, cruelty, neglect to provide one year, pregnancy of wife by other than husband at marriage, conviction of felony prior to marriage unknown to other party.

Arkansas.

1 year.

Desertion one year, felony, habitual drunkenness one year, cruelty, permanent insanity, former marriage existing.

California ..........

1 year.

Cruelty, desertion one year, neglect one year, habitual drunkenness one year, felony.

Colorado ................

1 year.

Desertion one year, physical incapacity, cruelty, failure to provide one year, habitual drunkenness one year, felony, former marriage existing.

Connecticut. ...

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Fraudulent contract, wilful desertion three years, with total neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, cruelty, imprisonment for life, infamous crime involving violation of conjugal duty and punishable by imprisonment in State prison, seven years' absence without being heard from.

Delaware ..............

Desertion three years, habitual drunkenness, physical incapacity, cruelty, felony, and at the discretion of the Court, fraud, want of age, neglect to provide three years.

D. of Columbia.

2 years.

Marriages may be annulled for former existing marriage, lunacy, fraud, coercion, physical incapacity, and want of age at time of marriage.

Florida........

2 years.

Cruelty, violent temper, habitual drunkenness, physical incapacity, continued desertion, former marriage existing, relationship within prohibited degrees.

Georgia .......................

1 year.

Mental and physical incapacity, desertion three years, felony, cruelty, habitual drunkenness, force, duress, or fraud in obtaining marriage, pregnancy of wife by other than husband at marriage, relationship within prohibited degrees.