Spartanburg Divorce Lawyer & Attorney : Stevens-MacPhail Law Firm : South Carolina Family Law Serving Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head Island

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One of the five grounds for divorce in South Carolina is desertion.  The elements that must be proved to get a divorce on the ground of desertion are:

1. No cohabitation for one year;
2. Intent of person that left not to resume cohabitation;
3. Absence of consent by the other person; and
4. Absence of justification for the separation.

However, this ground is rarely used these days, since the mandatory separation period for a "no fault" divorce was reduced from three years to one year many years ago.