Divorce Statutes by State
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Alabama - Title 30, Chapter 2 - Scroll down the left menu to Title 30 and click
Alaska - Title 25, Chapter 24
Arizona - Scroll down the page to Chapter 3
Arkansas- Title 9, Subtitle 2, § 12 Type ‘domestic relations’ in the search box
California - Part 3
Colorado - Title 14, Article 10 (Statute # 14-10-106) Click on revised statutes, click on Title 14 folder - Domestic Matters
Connecticut - Title 46, Chapter 810, Sections 46-13 to 46-31
Delaware - Title 13, Chapter 15 Click on Delaware Code then click on Title 13
Florida - Title 6, Chapter 61
Georgia - §§ 19-4-1 thru 19-6-47 Cumbersome menu structure, expand each level of menu by holding cursor over section and clicking
Hawaii - Chapter 580 Difficult to research online
Idaho - §§ 32-501 thru 32-901
Illinois - Chapter 750
Indiana - Title 31, Article 15
Iowa - Chapter 598 §§ 1-42
Kansas - Chapter 23 Difficult to pull comprehensive information
Kentucky - Chapter 403
Louisiana - Civil Code §§ 101 to 103 Difficult to use
Maine - Title 19-A
Maryland - Click Maryland Code then click Family Law
Massachusetts - Chapter 208
Michigan - Chapter 552
Minnesota - Chapter 518
Mississippi - Title 93
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, also check Title 9 Child Custody difficult to use
New Mexico - Chapter 40
New York - see Domestic Relations (Chapter 14), Articles 10-12, Scroll to DOM, click
North Carolina - Chapter 50
North Dakota - Chapter 14-05
Ohio - Title 31, Chapter 3105
Oklahoma - 43-134 Click on Oklahoma Statutes Titles 1-85, Scroll to Title 43, also see Title 10 related to children
Oregon - Title 11, Chapter 107
Pennsylvania - Chapter 1920
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
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 Enter Chapter 48 or domestic relations in the search box.
Wisconsin - Chapter 767, Actions Affecting the Family - Click on click here to view Statutes Table of Contents, scroll down to Ch. 767
Wyoming - Title 20, Chapter 2
District of Columbia - Title 46, Domestic Relations
