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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 598.4A DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE 1 2 EXCLUSIVE GROUNDS. 1 3 A party may petition for dissolution of marriage only upon 1 4 proof of any of the following: 1 5 a. The other party has committed adultery. 1 6 b. The other party has committed a felony and has been 1 7 sentenced to imprisonment. 1 8 c. The other party has abandoned the matrimonial domicile 1 9 for a period of one year and refuses to return. 1 10 d. The other party has physically or sexually abused the 1 11 party seeking the order or dissolution or a child of one of 1 12 the parties. 1 13 e. The parties have been living separate and apart 1 14 continuously without reconciliation for a period of two years. 1 15 Sec. 2. Section 598.5, subsection 7, Code 2003, is amended 1 16 to read as follows: 1 17 7. Allegethat there has been a breakdown of the marriage1 18relationship to the extent that the legitimate objects of1 19matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable1 20likelihood that the marriage can be preservedthe grounds for 1 21 the dissolution. 1 22 Sec. 3. Section 598.8, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 23 subparagraph (1), Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 24 (1) The parties havecertified in writing that there has1 25been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent1 26that the legitimate objects of matrimony have been destroyed1 27and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage1 28can be preserveddemonstrated proof of the grounds alleged in 1 29 the petition for the dissolution. 1 30 Sec. 4. Section 598.8, subsection 2, paragraph b, 1 31 subparagraph (1), Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 32 (1) The petitioner hascertified in writing that there has1 33been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent1 34that the legitimate objects of matrimony have been destroyed1 35and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage2 1can be preserveddemonstrated proof of the grounds alleged in 2 2 the petition for the dissolution. 2 3 Sec. 5. Section 598.17, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2, 2 4 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows: 2 5 A decree dissolving the marriage may be entered when the 2 6 court is satisfied from the evidence presentedthat there has2 7been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent2 8that the legitimate objects of matrimony have been destroyed2 9and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage2 10can be preservedof the grounds alleged in the petition for 2 11 dissolution. The decree shall state that the dissolution is 2 12 granted to the parties, and shall not state that it is granted 2 13 to only one party. 2 14 If at the time of trial petitioner fails to present 2 15 satisfactory evidencethat there has been a breakdown of the2 16marriage relationship to the extent that the legitimate2 17objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no2 18reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preservedof 2 19 the grounds alleged in the petition for dissolution, the 2 20 respondent may then proceed to present such evidence as though 2 21 the respondent had filed the original petition. 2 22 EXPLANATION 2 23 This bill establishes exclusive grounds upon which a 2 24 petition for dissolution of marriage may be filed and granted. 2 25 The grounds established are: 2 26 1. The other party has committed adultery. 2 27 2. The other party has committed a felony and has been 2 28 sentenced to imprisonment. 2 29 3. The other party has abandoned the matrimonial domicile 2 30 for a period of one year and refuses to return. 2 31 4. The other party has physically or sexually abused the 2 32 party seeking the order or dissolution or a child of one of 2 33 the parties. 2 34 5. The parties have been living separate and apart 2 35 continuously without reconciliation for a period of two years. 3 1 LSB 2017XC 80 3 2 pf/sh/8
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