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How does no-fault divorce work?

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so the way no fault divorce Works in

Oregon is the only grounds for divorce

are irreconcilable differences have led

to the IR remediable breakdown of the

marriage one does not need to specify

what those differences are and the other

party cannot contest that they can’t say

for instance no I don’t agree there

aren’t irreconcilable differences so

basically if a party wants to get

divorced in Oregon there will be a

divorce and the conduct of the parties

or of a party for the most part is

irrelevant you know infidelity uh abuse

uh and all the other things that can

lead to the breakdown of a marriage we

don’t talk about some of those things

can be uh relevant for child custody for

instance if there’s been domestic

violence that can affect the custody

decision but generally we don’t get into conduct

Portland, OR family law attorney Michael Yates talks about how no-fault divorce works.

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