irretrievable breakdown of marriage

irretrievable breakdown of marriage
The situation that exists when either or both spouses no longer are able or willing to live with each other, thereby destroying their husband and wife relationship with no hope of resumption of spousal duties.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


irretrievable breakdown of marriage
The situation that exists when either or both spouses no longer are able or willing to live with each other, thereby destroying their husband and wife relationship with no hope of resumption of spousal duties.

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  • irretrievable breakdown of marriage — As a no fault ground for divorce means a condition in which either or both spouses are unable or unwilling to cohabit as husband and wife and for which there are no prospects for reconciliation. Harwell v. Harwell, 233 Ga. 89, 209 S.E.2d 625. In… …   Black's law dictionary

  • irretrievable breakdown of marriage — As a no fault ground for divorce means a condition in which either or both spouses are unable or unwilling to cohabit as husband and wife and for which there are no prospects for reconciliation. Harwell v. Harwell, 233 Ga. 89, 209 S.E.2d 625. In… …   Black's law dictionary

  • irretrievable breakdown of the marriage — ir·re·triev·able break·down of the marriage /ˌir rə trē və bəl /: a broad ground for divorce that is predicated on the development of incompatibility between marriage partners and that is used in many states as the sole ground of no fault divorce …   Law dictionary

  • irremediable or irretrievable breakdown — An accepted ground for a no fault divorce. As a practical matter, courts seldom, if ever, inquire into whether the marriage has actually broken down, and routinely grant a divorce as long as the party seeking the divorce says the marriage has… …   Law dictionary

  • breakdown — noun 1 mechanical failure ADJECTIVE ▪ mechanical BREAKDOWN + VERB ▪ occur BREAKDOWN + NOUN ▪ service (BrE) ▪ Most bre …   Collocations dictionary

  • irretrievable — ir|re|triev|a|ble [ˌırıˈtri:vəbəl] adj formal 1.) an irretrievable situation cannot be made right again ▪ the irretrievable breakdown of their marriage 2.) irretrievable loss the loss of something that you can never get back >irretrievably adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • breakdown — [[t]bre͟ɪkdaʊn[/t]] breakdowns 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of/in n The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending. ...the breakdown of trade talks between the US and EC officials. ...the… …   English dictionary

  • irretrievable — adjective formal 1 an irretrievable situation cannot be made right again: the irretrievable breakdown of their marriage 2 irretrievable loss the loss of something that you can never get back irretrievably adverb: irretrievably lost …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • irremediable breakdown of the marriage — irremediable break·down of the marriage: irretrievable breakdown of the marriage Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Divorce — For other uses, see Divorce (disambiguation). Family law …   Wikipedia

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