From easiest to semi-easy, here are 15 states that make getting a divorce moderately easy.
1. Iowa:
Cost: 185 dollars.
Time for processing: 90 days.
2. Connecticut:
Cost: 225 dollars.
Time for processing: 90 days.
Other: Common law divorce occurs with seven years of separation.
3. Kansas:
Cost: 180 dollars.
Time for processing: 120 days.
4. North Dakota:
Cost: 80 dollars.
Time for processing: 180 days.
Other: “Fault” divorce is relatively easy to get in North Dakota, as long as one partner has consistently refused to “have reasonable matrimonial intercourse.”
5. Washington:
Cost: 280 dollars.
Time for processing: 90 days.
Other: Residency is required, but is granted on the first day of residency.
6. New Mexico:
Cost: 137 dollars.
Time for processing: 180 days.
Other: New Mexico allows a civil suit against a spouse who has intercourse with another person.
7. Massachusetts:
Cost: 215 dollars.
Time for processing: 120 days.
Other: Residency is required, but there is no minimum time for residency.
8. Oklahoma:
Cost: 186 dollars.
Time for processing: 190 days.
Other: Fault divorce is granted if the wife was pregnant by another man at the time of the marriage.
9. Arizona:
Cost: 321 dollars.
Time for processing: 150 days.
Other: If the marriage is a covenant marriage, fault must be found to get a divorce.
10. Alabama:
Cost: 154 dollars.
Time for processing: 210 days.
11. Hawaii:
Cost: 175 dollars.
Time for processing: 210 days.
Other: Hawaii allows a civil suit against your spouses lover.
12. Ohio:
Cost: 175 dollars.
Time for processing: 210 days.
13. Georgia:
Cost: 218.50 dollars.
Time for processing: 210 days.
Other: Grounds for fault divorce include habitual intoxication.
14. Minnesota:
Cost: 402 dollars.
Time for processing: 180 days.
15. Colorado:
Cost: 230 dollars.
Time for processing: 180 days.
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