North Carolina S626 revises divorce laws to allow for absolute divorce after one year and six months of separation, waives the six-month separation.

North Carolina S626, the Domestic Violence Divorce Reform Act, revises the state's divorce laws to allow for absolute divorce after one year and six months of separation, regardless of whether the spouses have lived apart. It waives the six-month separation requirement for victims of domestic violence, permitting them to seek divorce without waiting the full period. The act also abolishes common-law actions for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, removing these causes of action from the state's legal framework.

North Carolina S626 revises divorce laws to allow for absolute divorce after one year and six months of separation, waives the six-month separation.

North Carolina S626, the Domestic Violence Divorce Reform Act, revises the state's divorce laws to allow for absolute divorce after one year and six months of separation, regardless of whether the spouses have lived apart. It waives the six-month separation requirement for victims of domestic violence, permitting them to seek divorce without waiting the full period. The act also abolishes common-law actions for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, removing these causes of action from the state's legal framework.