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  1. Research the divorce law in your state in reference to grounds for divorce. If you live in a state that does not have grounds for divorce (it is a no fault state), choose another state that has fault based divorce and do the presentation on that state.
  2. For each ground, list a defense that could be used.
  3. Create a PowerPoint presentation or use any other program where you can create a visual demonstration to explain to clients the grounds for divorce in your state, as well as examples of the defenses that might be used against each ground. Your PowerPoint presentation must be between 10-14 slides with references. If you do not have Powerpoint, you may use Word, you will have to use each page as a slide, using larger font and bullet points to visually show the client how the process works in your state. In a footnote section at the end of each page, you can use a note section where you expand on some of the bulleted points in the slides. In Word, the presentation must be 10-14 pages. If you do not know how to do a presentation, please look online as there are many resources with tips on creating visual aids.
  4. My State is ALABAMA

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Divorce Law in Alabama


Divorce in Alabama is carried out as a civil action, where one party, the petitioner, files a
complaint for divorce whereas the other party being referred to as the defendant.



To file for divorce in Alabama, one of the partners need to have been a bona fide resident of
Alabama for not less than 6 months before filing the Complaint. one of the spouses must have
been a bona fide resident of the state for six months prior to the filing of the Complaint. This
need to be apparent in the Complaint and established.

Residency Requirement and Filling


A Complaint for Divorce may be filed in the circuit court of the county where
the Respondent resides or where the partners resided when the separation
happened or where the respondent is a non-resident, then is carried out in
the county where the petitioner resides.



In an unchallenged divorce, the two parties may file in whichever county they
decide.



The state of Alabama necessitates a 30-day waiting period once the Complaint
is filed, after which the divorce becomes effective.



The Petitioner is mandated to avail to the Respondent a copy of the

Legal Grounds for Divorce in Alabama


There are 12 statutory grounds for divorce in the state of Alabama, most of which necessitate a discovery of fault on the side of one of
the partners. However, two of these grounds, incompatibility and irretrievable breakdown, are considered no-fault and are used most
often.
The statutory grounds for divorce includes:
1. If, at the time of marriage, either pa...


Anonymous
Excellent resource! Really helped me get the gist of things.

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