Grounds for Divorce: The court may grant a no-fault divorce if the "husband and wife have lived separate and apart in different habitations for a period of at least 18 or more consecutive months and there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation; provided, further that after the 18-month period there shall be a presumption that there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation."
The court may grant a fault divorce upon a sufficcient showing of any of the following grounds:
1. Adultery
2. "Willful and continued desertion for the term of 12 or more months, which may be established by satisfactory proof that the parties have ceased to cohabit as man and wife."
3. "Extreme cruelty, which is defined as including any physical or mental cruelty which endangers the safety or health of the plaintiff or makes it improper or unreasonable to expect the plaintiff to continue to cohabit with the defendant; provided that no complaint for divorce shall be filed until after 3 months from the date of the last act of cruelty complained of in the complaint, but this provision shall not be held to apply to any counterclaim."
4. "Voluntarily induced addiction or habituation to any narcotic drug or habitual drunkenness for a period of 12 or more consecutive months subsequent to marriage and next preceding the filing of the complaint."
5. "Institutionalization for mental illness for a period of 24 or more consecutive months subsequent to marriage and next preceding the filing of the complaint."
6. "Imprisonment of the defendant for 18 or more consecutive months after marriage, provided that where the action is not commenced until after the defendant's release, the parties have not resumed cohabitation following such imprisonment."
7. "Deviant sexual conduct voluntarily performed by the defendant without the consent of the plaintiff." [New Jersey Statutes]

Residency Requirements: In order to file for divorce in New Jeresey for any cause other than adultery, one of the parties must have resided in the state when the cause of the divorce occurred and for one year preceding the filing of the divorce action, or since the cause of action arose, either party has become, and for at least 1 year preceding the filing of the divorce action, has continued to reside within the state. [New Jersey Statutes]

New Jersey Child Support Enforcement Service Links and Telephone Numbers
New Jersey Child Support
Toll Free: 877–NJKIDS–1 (877–655–4371)

New Jersey Child Support Guidelines and Calculator
New Jersey Child Support Guidelines

New Jersey Child Support Calculator

New Jersey Divorce Forms Online
New Jersey Judiciary Court Forms

New Jersey Divorce Laws
New Jersey Permanent Statutes, Title 2A:34and Title 9

New Jersey Domestic Violence Resource Links and Telephone Numbers
New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
Telephone: 609–584–8107
Toll Free: 800–572–7233
Toll Free: for Battered Lesbians: 800–224–0211 (in NJ only)
TTY: 609–584–0027

Strengthen Our Sisters
Telephone: 973–248–0776
24-Hour Hotline: 800–SOS–9470 (800–767–9470)

New Jersey Free or Low Cost Legal Services Programs
Legal Services Corporation, Inc.
Telephone: Listed by program on website.

New Jersey Mediation Centers and Service Links and Telephone Numbers
New Jersey Judiciary Complimentary Dispute Resolution
Telephone: Listed on website by Vicinage

New Jersey State and Local Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service Links
Cumberland County, NJ, Bar Association
Mercer County Bar Association
Middlesex County Bar Association
Morris County Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association

New Jersey State and Local Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service Telephone Numbers
Annandale: 908–735–2611
Atlantic City: 609–345–3444
Belvidere: 908–387–1835
Camden: 856–964–4520
Cape May Court: 609–463–0313
Cherry Hill: 856–482–0618
Elizabeth: 908–353–4715
Flemington: 908–788–9700
Freehold: 732–431–5544
Hackensack: 201–488–0044
Hamilton: 609–585–6200
Jersey City: 201–798–2727
Livingston: 973–533–6775
Millville: 856–825–2001
Morristown: 973–267–5882
Mount Holly: 609–261–4862
New Brunswick: 732–828–0053
Newark: 973–533–6775
Paterson: 973–278–9223
Salem County: 856–935–5629
Somerville: 908–685–2323
Toms River: 732–240–3666
Woodbury: 856–848–4589