If my wife is bipolar and an alcohoic and she has been in and out of hospitals the last year and lost her job causing financial hardship, can this be grounds for divorce?

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If my wife is bipolar and an alcohoic and she has been in and out of hospitals the last year and lost her job causing financial hardship, can this be grounds for divorce?

We have 3 kids (13, 9, and 7). All are seeing counseling due to the alcohol and lack of love from their mother.

Asked on April 17, 2012 under Family Law, Missouri

Answers:

M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

I am so sorry for your situation.  It is great that you have the kids in therapy to deal with things.  Now, it is my undersatnding that Missouri only offer one ground for divorce, which is a no fault ground, that the marriage is "irretrievably broken."  If your wife contests that issue then you will have to prove it to the court based on one or more grounds listed in the statute.  But I think that you would qualify under the following: the respondent (your wife) has behaved in such a way that continuing the marriage would be intolerable.  Get help.  Good luck.


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