Bill > S836

This bill shortens the required separation period for absolute divorce from one year to six months, with exceptions allowing for immediate divorce in cases of uncontested divorces without minor children or when one spouse is a victim of domestic violence, as defined by G.S. 50B-1, and the other spouse is responsible for that violence, requiring specific evidence of the abuse. Additionally, the bill abolishes the common law civil actions of alienation of affection and criminal conversation, which were legal claims related to interfering with a marriage, and also appropriates funds for the NC Medicaid Family Planning Program.