2008 House Bill 5761

Eliminate no-fault divorce if there are children

Introduced in the House

Feb. 19, 2008

Introduced by Rep. Fulton Sheen (R-88)

To eliminate no-fault divorce in marriages where there are children. Divorce would only be allowed if the defendant spouse had committed adultery, been convicted of a felony and sentenced to five years or more, abandoned the matrimonial domicile a year or more before the complaint was filed, or abused the plaintiff or a child physically or sexually. Divorce would be allowed if the parties by mutual consent have been living separate and apart continuously without reconciliation for two years or more.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary