Vermont § 631 - Generally A divorce may be granted forthwith when either spouse has become permanently incapacitated due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability
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§ 631. Generally A divorce may be granted forthwith when either spouse has become permanently incapacitated due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability
- . A divorce shall not be granted
under these provisions unless such person who is permanently incapacitated due to
a mental condition or psychiatric disability shall have been duly and regularly confined
in a psychiatric hospital, wherever located, for at least five years next preceding
the commencement of the action for divorce, nor unless it shall appear to the court
that such mental condition or psychiatric disability is permanent. No action shall
be maintained under the provisions hereof unless the libelant is an actual resident
of this State and shall have resided therein for two years next preceding the commencement
of such action. (Amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 70.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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