§ 50-4 – What marriages may be declared void on application of either party.
50-4. What marriages may be declared void on application of either party. The district court, during a session of court, on application made as by law provided, by either party to a marriage contracted contrary to the prohibitions contained in the Chapter entitled Marriage, or declared void by said Chapter, may declare such marriage void […]
§ 50-5.1 – Grounds for absolute divorce in cases of incurable insanity.
50-5.1. Grounds for absolute divorce in cases of incurable insanity. In all cases where a husband and wife have lived separate and apart for three consecutive years, without cohabitation, and are still so living separate and apart by reason of the incurable insanity of one of them, the court may grant a decree of absolute […]
§ 50-6 – Divorce after separation of one year on application of either party.
50-6. Divorce after separation of one year on application of either party. Marriages may be dissolved and the parties thereto divorced from the bonds of matrimony on the application of either party, if and when the husband and wife have lived separate and apart for one year, and the plaintiff or defendant in the suit […]
§ 50-7 – Grounds for divorce from bed and board.
50-7. Grounds for divorce from bed and board. The court may grant divorces from bed and board on application of the party injured, made as by law provided, in the following cases if either party: (1) Abandons his or her family. (2) Maliciously turns the other out of doors. (3) By cruel or barbarous treatment […]
§ 50-8 – Contents of complaint; verification; venue and service in action by nonresident; certain divorces validated.
50-8. Contents of complaint; verification; venue and service in action by nonresident; certain divorces validated. In all actions for divorce the complaint shall be verified in accordance with the provisions of Rule 11 of the Rules of Civil Procedure and G.S. 1-148. The plaintiff shall set forth in his or her complaint that the complainant […]
§ 50-9 – Effect of answer of summons by defendant.
50-9. Effect of answer of summons by defendant. In all cases upon an action for a divorce absolute, where judgment of divorce has heretofore been granted and where the plaintiff has caused to be served upon the defendant in person a legal summons, whether by verified complaint or unverified complaint, and such defendant answered such […]
§ 50-2 – Bond for costs unnecessary.
50-2. Bond for costs unnecessary. It shall not be necessary for either party to a proceeding for divorce or alimony to give any undertaking to the other party to secure such costs as such other party may recover. (1871-2, c. 193, s. 41; Code, s. 1294; Rev., s. 1558; C.S., s. 1656.)