NC Divorce From Bed and Board Statutes
Divorce from Bed and Board is probably best described as a
fault-based legal separation. It is not an “absolute”
divorce in that it does not sever the matrimonial bonds. The
granting of a divorce from bed and board does not allow the
parties to remarry.
§ 50-7. Grounds for
divorce from bed and board
The court may grant
divorces from bed and board on application of the party
injured, made as by law provided, in the following cases if
either party:
(1) Abandons his or her
family.
(2) Maliciously turns the
other out of doors.
(3) By cruel or barbarous
treatment endangers the life of the other. In addition, the
court may grant the victim of such treatment the remedies
available under G.S. 50B-1, et seq.
(4) Offers such indignities
to the person of the other as to render his or her condition
intolerable and life burdensome.
(5) Becomes an excessive
user of alcohol or drugs so as to render the condition of
the other spouse intolerable and the life of that spouse
burdensome.
(6) Commits adultery.
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