irremediable or irretrievable breakdown
- irremediable or irretrievable breakdown
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An accepted ground for a no-fault divorce. As a practical matter, courts seldom, if ever, inquire into whether the marriage has actually broken down, and routinely grant a divorce as long as the party seeking the divorce says the marriage has fallen apart.
Compare: incompatibility,
irreconcilable differencesCategory: Divorce & Family Law → Divorce, Child Support & Custody
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill.
2009.
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irretrievable breakdown of the marriage — ir·re·triev·able break·down of the marriage /ˌir rə trē və bəl /: a broad ground for divorce that is predicated on the development of incompatibility between marriage partners and that is used in many states as the sole ground of no fault divorce … Law dictionary
irremediable breakdown of the marriage — irremediable break·down of the marriage: irretrievable breakdown of the marriage Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
irreconcilable differences — ir·rec·on·cil·able dif·fer·enc·es /ir ˌre kən sī lə bəl / n pl but sing or pl in constr: substantial incompatibility between marriage partners that is a broad ground for esp. no fault divorce compare irretrievable breakdown of the marriage… … Law dictionary
incompatibility — Incapability of existing or being exercised together. As ground for divorce, refers to such deep and irreconcilable conflict in personalities or temperments of parties as makes it impossible for them to continue normal marital relationship. Such… … Black's law dictionary
incompatibility — Incapability of existing or being exercised together. As ground for divorce, refers to such deep and irreconcilable conflict in personalities or temperments of parties as makes it impossible for them to continue normal marital relationship. Such… … Black's law dictionary
no-fault divorce — Any divorce in which the spouse who wants to end the marriage is not required to accuse the other of wrongdoing, but can simply state that the couple no longer gets along. Every state now has no fault divorce. In the past, a party seeking a… … Law dictionary
