Divorce Attorney
If you are seeking a divorce in Barrow County or Cherokee County, it is important to select a lawyer that is familiar with the grounds for total divorce. In the State of Georgia, a total divorce may be granted due to:
- Habitual intoxication;
- Willful and continued desertion by either party for the term of one year;
- Adultery;
- Cruel Treatment (willful infliction of pain, bodily or mental, that reasonably justifies apprehension of danger to life, liberty & health)
- Habitual Drug Addiction;
- Mental Incapacity at the time of Marriage;
- Force, menace, duress or fraud in obtaining the marriage;
- Conviction of either party for an offense involving moral turpitude, (under which they are sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years or more)
- Pregnancy of the wife by a man other than the husband, (at time of marriage, unknown to the husband);
- Incurable Mental Illness;
- Intermarriage by persons within prohibited affinity or consanguinity;
- Marriage is irretrievably broken;
- Impotency at time of marriage.
The above grounds for divorce are listed in O.C.G.A. § 19-5-3. If you are seeking a divorce in Barrow County or Cherokee County, The Thomas & Associates Law Firm may be able to assist you.
The Thomas & Associates Law Firm, LLC
Two Locations:
Divorce Lawyer in Winder, GA at
38 S Broad St, Suite 102, Winder, GA 30680
and Divorce Lawyer in Canton, GA at
3395 Sixes Road Suite 2402, Canton, GA 30114
Barrow County Office:
38 S Broad St, Suite 102, Winder, GA 30680
Cherokee County Office:
3395 Sixes Road Suite 2402, Canton, GA 30114