| New York State is not one of the states that | | | | Abandonment: meaning the desertion of the |
| allows a no-fault divorce. In other words, to obtain | | | | plaintiff by the defendant for one or more years. |
| a divorce in the state of New York, there must | | | | Abandonment usually is physical, where one |
| be proven grounds for the dissolution. If the | | | | spouse moves out of marital residence and |
| non-filing party has not committed any act that | | | | literally deserts the family. There is also |
| would constitute grounds for divorce, the person | | | | constructive abandonment also known as |
| desiring the divorce will not be able to obtain it. | | | | constructive sexual abandonment. This ground is |
| Some of the grounds for divorce in New York | | | | often used when both parties want to divorce as |
| are as follows: | | | | quickly as possible. |
| Incarceration: meaning the confinement of the | | | | Cruel and inhuman treatment: meaning conduct by |
| defendant in prison for a period of three or more | | | | the non-filing party that endangers the physical or |
| consecutive years after the marriage. | | | | mental well-being of the plaintiff to make it unsafe |
| Adultery: meaning the commission of a voluntary | | | | or inhabitable for the plaintiff to cohabit with the |
| act of sexual or deviant sexual intercourse by the | | | | defendant. |
| plaintiff with a person other than the spouse. | | | | |