All fifty states offer an option for no-fault divorce. But only seventeen are considered true no-fault divorce states. A no-fault divorce is exactly what it sounds like. It is both parties deciding they no longer want to be married, and agreeing to end the marriage without having to prove that one or both spouses engaged
A client recently asked about divorcing her husband who was pending felony criminal charges. Texas is generally a no-fault divorce state. This means that one spouse may seek and be granted a divorce based solely on the irreparable breakdown in the marriage relationship without showing anything else. However, Texas allows for a fault-based divorce decreed
