Divorce Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
This page links to the divorce laws of the states and to tables summarizing some of their salient points. Those interested in the divorce law of a particular jurisdiction should review its law directly rather than rely on the tables which may not be fully accurate or complete.
Related LII materials include:
- the LII "Law about ..." divorce page
- the LII page summarizing the marriage laws of the states
- the State Statutes by Topic page
- the LII State Law pages
Tables
Tables Summarizing the Law in the Fifty States (Source: ABA, includes divorce settlement subjects such as alimony and child custody)
Statutes
- Alabama - Title 30, Chapter 2
- Alaska - Title 25, Chapter 24
- Arizona - Chapter 3
- Arkansas- Title 9, Subtitle 2, § 12
- California - Part 3
- Colorado - Title 14, Article 10 (Statute # 14-10-106)
- Connecticut - Title 46, Chapter 810, Sections 46-13 to 46-31
- Delaware - Title 13, Chapter 15
- Florida - Title 6, Chapter 61
- Georgia - §§ 19-4-1 thru 19-6-47
- Hawaii - Chapter 580
- Idaho - §§ 32-501 thru 32-901
- Illinois - Chapter 750
- Indiana - Title 31, Article 15
- Iowa - Chapter 598 §§ 1-42
- Kansas - Chapter 23
- Kentucky - Chapter 403
- Louisiana - Civil Code §§ 101 to 103
- Maine - Title 19, Chapter 13
- Maryland - §§ 8-101 thru 8-213
- Massachusetts - Chapter 208
- Michigan - Chapter 552
- Minnesota - Chapter 518
- Mississippi - Title 93, Chapter 5
- Missouri - Chapter 452
- Montana - Title 40, Chapter 4
- Nebraska - Chapter 42, §§ 42-344 thru 42-381
- Nevada - Chapter 125
- New Hampshire - Title 43, Chapter 458
- New Jersey - Title 2A, §§ 34-2 thru 34-6
- New Mexico - Chapter 40, Article 4
- New York - see Domestice Relations (Chapter 14), Articles 10-12
- North Carolina - Chapter 50
- North Dakota - Chapter 14-05
- Ohio - Title 31, Chapter 3105
- Oklahoma - 43-134
- Oregon - Title 11, Chapter 107
- Pennsylvania - Title 23, Part 3
- Rhode Island - Chapter 15, §§15-5-1 thru 15-5-29
- South Carolina - Title 20, Chapter 3
- South Dakota - Title 25, Chapter 4
- Tennessee - Title 36, Chapter 4
- Texas - Title 1, Chapter 6 (Family Law)
- Utah - Title 30, Chapter 3
- Vermont - Title 15, Chapter 11
- Virginia - Title 20, Chapter 6
- Washington - Title 26, Chapter 9
- West Virginia - Chapter 48, Article 2
- Wisconsin - Chapter 767
- Wyoming - Title 20, Chapter 2
- District of Columbia - Title 16, Chapter 9
- Puerto Rico
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