DIVORCE.

Under the Divorce act there are three recognized grounds for divorce being Adultery, Desertion and Cruelty.

Adultery is where one’s spouse “cheats” on him or her, this is through having sexual intercourse with another person. Desertion is where a spouse leaves the other without permission, consent or reasonable excuse and stays away for a period of over 2 years and Cruelty is where one spouse is physically or mentally torturing the other this is through actually physically beating the other spouse or treating the other spouse badly.

For one to successfully divorce his or her spouse, he or she must prove one of the above grounds of divorce.