Virginia Divorce Laws

Virginia Divorce Laws
Residency Requirements and Grounds for Divorce
Either you or your spouse must be a resident of Virginia or a member of any armed force stationed in Virginia for six months to file for divorce.
Either spouse can get a divorce simply by stating in divorce papers that “irreconcilable differences” have caused a breakdown in the [...]

Washington State Divorce Laws

Washington State Divorce Laws
Residency Requirements and Grounds for Divorce
Either you or your spouse must be a resident of Washington or a member of any armed force stationed in Washington to file for a divorce, called a “dissolution.”
Washington is a “no fault” state, which means that either spouse can get a divorce simply by stating in [...]

Washington D.C. Divorce Laws

Washington D.C./District of Columbia Divorce Laws

Washington D.C. Residency Requirement
According to the Washington D.C. Divorce Laws and Washington D.C. Divorce Guidelines, one of the spouses must have been a resident of Washington D.C. for 6 months before filing for divorce

Washington D.C. Grounds for Divorce
Grounds for divorce:
(1) Mutual voluntary separation without cohabitation for 6 months
(2) [...]

West Virginia Divorce Laws

West Virginia Divorce Law
West Virginia Residency Requirement
According to the West Virginia Divorce Laws and West Virginia Divorce Guidelines, to get divorced in West Virginia, one of the spouses must have been a resident of the state for at least 1 year immediately before filing the case. However, if the marriage was performed in West Virginia [...]

Wisconsin Divorce Laws

Wisconsin Divorce Laws
Wisconsin Divorce Residency Requirements
In order to file your Petition for Divorce in Wisconsin, you must make sure the Circuit Court has jurisdiction over your case. The most common way spouses are eligible to use a specific court system is by meeting the residency requirements. Meeting the Wisconsin residency requirements is typically only [...]

Wyoming Divorce Laws

Wyoming State Divorce Laws
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
ARTICLE 1 – IN GENERAL
20-2-101. Void and voidable marriages defined; annulments.
(a) Marriages contracted in Wyoming are void without any decree of divorce:
(i) When either party has a husband or wife living at the time of contracting the marriage;
(ii) When either party is mentally incompetent at the time of contracting the [...]