{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-34-7","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-7","heading":"Certain defenses abolished.","body":"Certain defenses abolished.\nRecrimination, condonation and the clean hands doctrine are hereby abolished as defenses to divorce from the bonds of matrimony, dissolution of a civil union, divorce from bed and board or legal separation from a  partner in a civil union couple, and if both parties make out grounds for a divorce, dissolution or legal separation, a decree may be granted to each; provided that nothing herein shall preclude or abrogate the responsibility of a party for the penalty provided by law for perjury or the subornation of perjury.\nAmended 1971, c.212, s.4; 2006, c.103, s.67.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"541201122090cf2531721d5e53e734980db196607be54bf561760364f63b466c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-34-6","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-34-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}