The
Marriage Act provides for three types of divorce:
A.-Divorce agreement. If both spouses
believe it is not possible to continue their marriage may,
by mutual agreement, seek a divorce.
B. Unilateral Divorce-(termination of
cohabitation). If only one spouse wants to file for divorce,
not being the spouse of agreement (for whatever reason) can
sue for divorce unilaterally.
C. - Divorce fault. The Act provides a
kind of unilateral divorce does not require a time of separation
and divorce is the fault of either spouse. This divorce may
sue immediately without passage of time, if we set causation.
The chance of this type of divorce is a grave violation of
the duties and obligations under the marriage or of the duties
and obligations towards their children that becomes intolerable
life in common and includes infidelity, abandonment, alcoholism,
drug addiction.
Grounds for divorce on the basis of the
Family Code of Panama:
1. The attempt by one spouse against the
life of another, or their sons, daughters, stepdaughters,
or stepchildren;
2. Cruel physical or psychological harm
if it becomes impossible to domestic peace and tranquillity;
3. Extramarital sex;
4. The proposal for one spouse to another
for prostitution;
5. The husband of the woman prostitution
or prostitution to their sons, daughters, stepdaughters, or
stepchildren, or collusion in corruption or prostitution.
6. The absolute abandonment by the husband
of his duties as husband or father, and by women of their
duties as wife or mother, if present at the divorce petition
has been at least six (6) months, after the day on which the
cause originated, except in the case of abandonment of a pregnant
woman, in which case the term is three (3) months;
7. Habitual and unjustified use of drugs
or psychotropic substances.
8. Habitual drunkenness.
9. The de facto separation for more than
two (2) years, even when living under the same roof.
10. The mutual consent of the spouses
provided that they meet the following requirements.
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