Atlanta Divorce Lawyer Helps You Prove Your Spouses Fault

Before you file for divorce, you need to confirm whether you meet the residency criteria in Atlanta. The Georgia divorce law states that you or your partner must be a resident of that state in which you intend to file a divorce for a minimum of six months. Also, you must have married inside the state. Only then can you file for divorce in Atlanta.

You must have legal grounds for divorce, as stated by Georgia divorce law. Grounds are reasons for divorce. You can file a no-fault divorce in Atlanta by citing that your marriage is "irretrievably broken." Your Atlanta divorce lawyer can acquaint you with the grounds of divorce.

Fault grounds mean that your spouse has committed something unlawful within marriage, which gives you reason to divorce. If you are not filing a no-fault divorce, you must prove that your spouse is at fault in order to get a divorce.

You can file a divorce, if:

• Your spouse has deserted you for a year or more
  
  
• He or she has committed adultery
  
  
• He or she has mentally or physically abused you
  
  
• Your partner is impotent or suffering from an incurable mental illness
  
  
• Your spouse has entered into marriage through fraud or force
  
  
• You were unaware of your wife's pregnancy during the wedding ceremony
  
  
• He or she is convicted of some crime and/or is imprisoned
  
  
• He or she is a drug addict or is into habitual substance abuse
  
  
• Your spouse was mentally incapable during marriage.

If you're filing a divorce on any of the above grounds, you must prove it. You need a good lawyer to present your case strongly in the court.

Your Atlanta divorce attorney helps you in drafting and filing the paperwork for divorce. Although your attorney would help you in each step of the legal process, you must take pains to understand the steps. In Atlanta, when you want a divorce, you file a Petition for Divorce in the court where your partner resides. If your spouse resides elsewhere, you must file the petition in your County.

Petition of Divorce is a legal document that contains information like your current living arrangement with your partner, your relationship status, whether you got kids, your marriage assets and debts, and, of course, the reason for divorce. You must consult your Atlanta divorce lawyer before filing this document.

If it's a contested divorce, which means one partner does not agree to the divorce, the court gives 31 days for your spouse to respond to the copy of the petition sent to him or her. If the disagreement persists, the case goes to the court. Here, you need to prove that you got relevant reasons to separate from your partner. Your Atlanta divorce lawyer does that. The process can continue for several months. Be prepared for the mental anguish and visits to the court.