To file for a Vermont divorce, either party must have been a resident of Vermont for at least 6 months before the divorce is filed. Additionally, either spouse must have been a resident for 1 year before the divorce is made final.

Vermont Divorce Filing Requirements

A Vermont divorce may be filed for in any county where either or both of the spouses reside.

Vermont Divorce Grounds

The grounds for a Vermont divorce are:

• living separate and apart without cohabitation for 6 consecutive months and the resumption of marital relations is not reasonably probable;

• adultery;

• imprisonment for 3 years or more or for life;

• willful desertion for 7 years;

• cruel and inhuman treatment of intolerable severity;

• incurable mental illness; and

• gross neglect.

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