HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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laws of this State, render a marriage null and void ab
initio; thirdly, for adultery; fourthly, when the court
shall be satisfied by competent testimony that the party
complained against has abandoned the party complaining, and
that such abandonment has continued uninterruptedly for at
least twelve months, and is deliberate and final, and the
separation of the parties beyond any reasonable expectation
of reconciliation; fifthly, when the husband and wife shall
have voluntarily lived separate and apart, without any
cohabitation, for twelve consecutive months prior to the
filing of the bill of complaint, and such separation is
beyond any reasonable expectation of reconciliation;
sixthly, when the party complained against has been
convicted of a felony or misdemeanor under the laws of this
State or of any other state in the United States, or the
United States and has been sentenced to serve at least three
years or an indeterminate sentence in any penitentiary or
penal institution 12 months of which sentence has been
served; seventhly, on the application of either party when
the husband and wife have lived separate and apart without
any cohabitation and without interruption for three years.
A PLEA OF RECRIMINATION IS NOT A BAR TO EITHER PARTY
OBTAINING A DIVORCE ON THE FIFTH GROUND; AND [A] A plea of
res adjudicata or of recrimination with respect to any other
provisions of this section [shall] IS not [be] a bar to
either party obtaining a divorce on [this] THE seventh
ground.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.

CHAPTER 330

(House Bill 182)

AN ACT concerning

Elderly Persons - Support Services

FOR the purpose of minimizing the necessity for

institutionalization of the State's impaired aged, and
promoting the involvement of families in the care of
such individuals by requiring the Office on Aging to
establish Interagency Committee on Aging Services to
coordinate the development of a program of support
services for certain families caring for elderly
relatives; requiring the Office on Aging to provide for
the maximum use of senior centers and to use certain
funds to supplement the resources of certain elderly