Extreme cruelty includes any physical or mental cruelty which makes it improper or unreasonable to expect that individual to cohabitate with their spouse. N.J.S.A. 2A:34-2(c).
Please note that extreme cruelty in NJ doesn't really need to be "extreme" in any sense that you and I understand it. Chances are, the things that caused you to end up in a divorce proceeding in the first place are probably the things that could constitute "extreme cruelty."
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- Carl Archer
- I am an elder law attorney with my own solo practice. I'm located in central New Jersey but I make house calls. I am in the business of setting the elderly and their caregivers at ease, by making sure they have high-quality health care they can afford, and governmental benefits they're entitled to.