N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-7

Current through L. 2024, c. 87.
Section 2A:34-7 - Certain defenses abolished

Recrimination, 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.

N.J.S. § 2A:34-7

Amended by L. 2006, c. 103,s. 67, eff. 2/19/2007.
Amended by L.1971, c.212, s.4.