Divorce

Alaska Divorce.

In Alaska there is no set time that you need to be a resident of Alaska for divorce, as long as you live in Alaska at the time, and then you can file for a divorce.  In most states you need to live within the state and be a resident for a certain amount of time, before filing for divorce.  Take note of how long you must be a resident of your state before filing for divorce.  In Alaska divorce is basked in irretrievable breakdown, which means that there is no hope for the marriage, that the couple has found no way to continue in the marriage, resulting in filing for divorce.  There are a few other reasons for divorce in Alaska, and here is a list of a few grounds for divorce in Alaska. 
  1. If the marriage has not been consummated, then this is grounds for divorce in Alaska, you must consummate your marriage, or a spouse can have grounds to divorce.
  2. If your spouse has cheated on you with someone else, also referred to as adultery.  This is a ground for divorce in Alaska.
  3. If either spouse is convicted of a felony while married, then this is grounds for divorce in Alaska.
  4. If your spouse has abandoned you for up to one year, then you can go file for divorce on grounds of desertion.
  5. Abuse, cruel treatment.  It is good to have records yourself along with pictures if possible of the abuse in the marriage.  This is grounds for divorce in Alaska.
  6. Drunkenness and drug abuse in the marriage, if all hope in helping this person fails, and then you have grounds for divorce.
  7. A mental illness that has institutionalized your spouse up to 18 months or no treatment for the mental illness, then you have grounds to go ahead and divorce in Alaska.
  8. Extreme temperament behaviors, then you have grounds for divorce.
  9. Also if there are personal indignities, you have grounds to divorce.
 Divorce in Alaska starts when one of the spouses files for divorce.  In Alaska the divorce is referred to as a petition for dissolution of marriage.  Once the spouse has filed for divorce, then the other spouse is served with the divorce papers, and given a respectable amount of time to respond to the divorce papers that they have received.  In any case, if everyone agrees on the debt, property debt, child support, and child custody then the divorce can proceed without any kind of a trial and settled out of divorce court.  If the parties do not agree with the divorce or debt, along with child custody and support then a trial is set in divorce court. 

 

Posted: Jan 22 2008, 07:49 AM by Divorce | with no comments
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