To file for divorce in South Carolina, one of the following requirements must be met. If both parties are state residents, the party filing for divorce must have been a resident of the state for three months. If one of the parties is not a resident, the other party must have been a state resident for one year.

South Carolina Divorce Filing Requirements

• the county where the non-filing party resides;

• the county where the filing party resides if the non-filing party does not live in South Carolina; or

• the county where the spouses last lived together if both still live in South Carolina.

South Carolina Divorce Grounds

Living separate and apart without cohabitation for 1 year; adultery; alcoholism and/or drug addiction; physical abuse or reasonable apprehension of physical abuse; and willful desertion for 1 year.

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