us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

19 GCA § 8209: Absence, Cruelty; Not Desertion.

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Title 19: Personal Relations
Division 1 - Persons & Personal Relations
Chapter 8: Dissolution of Marriage
ARTICLE 2: DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Departure or absence of one party from the family dwelling place, caused by cruelty or by threats of bodily harm from which danger would be reasonably apprehended from the other is not desertion by the absent party, but it is desertion by the other party.

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