New Jersey § 2a:34-2

§ 2a:34-2.

The dissolution of a civil union may be adjudged for the following causes: a. voluntary sexual intercourse between a person who is in a civil union and an individual

other than the person's partner in a civil union couple; b. willful and continued desertion for a period of 12 or more consecutive months,

which may be established by satisfactory proof that the parties have ceased to cohabit

as partners in a civil union couple; c. extreme cruelty , which is defined as including any physical or mental cruelty that endangers the

safety or health of the plaintiff or makes it improper or unreasonable to expect the

plaintiff to continue to cohabit with the defendant; except that no complaint for

termination shall be filed until after three months from the date of the last act

of cruelty complained of in the complaint, but this provision shall not be held to

apply to any counterclaim; d. separation, provided that the partners in a civil union couple have lived separate

and apart in different habitations for a period of at least 18 or more consecutive

months and there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation; and provided further

that, after the 18-month period, there shall be a presumption that there is no reasonable

prospect of reconciliation; e. voluntarily induced addiction or habituation to any narcotic drug, as defined in

section 2 of the “New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act,” P.L.1970, c. 226

( C.24:21-2 ) or in N.J.S.2C:35-2 of the “Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987,” N.J.S.2C:35-1 et al., or habitual drunkenness for a period of 12 or more consecutive months subsequent

to establishment of the civil union and next preceding the filing of the complaint; f. institutionalization for mental illness for a period of 24 or more consecutive

months subsequent to establishment of the civil union and next preceding the filing

of the complaint; or g. imprisonment of the defendant for 18 or more consecutive months after establishment

of the civil union, provided that where the action is not commenced until after the

defendant's release, the parties have not resumed cohabitation following the imprisonment.