Mental Cruelty

Mental Cruelty in United States

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A ground for divorce, consisting of behavior of one spouse toward the other, which renders conditions in life intolerable to the other spouse. Examples of such indignities are abuse, contempt, studied neglect, and unmerited reproach, all of which have been habitually and systematically pursued.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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