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1. There are seven grounds for divorce: adultery, extreme cruelty, desertion for a year or more, mental cruelty, imprisonment for a year or more, separation by mutual consent for at least 3 months, and substantial incompatibility.

2. In most cases, one party must file a petition for divorce in court. This can be done either through a lawyer or in some cases by filing papers with the county clerk’s office. After the petition is filed, the other spouse has 30 days to file a response. 3. If both parties agree to divorce, they may simply execute an agreement stating that their marriage is dissolved and provide copies to each other. Or they may go to court and have a decree of dissolution issued which will state that their marriage was dissolved on the listed grounds.