An action for divorce may be maintained where the Defendant is imprisoned for a period of at least three consecutive years. The imprisonment must have commenced after the date of the marriage and the Defendant must still be in prison when this divorce action is commenced. There is a five (5)-year time limit to start the action, beginning from the time of the completion of the third year of imprisonment.
Imprisonment
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