NC Divorce From Bed and Board Statutes
Divorce from Bed and
Board is probably best described as a fault-based
legal separation. It is not an “absolute” divorce
in that it does not sever the matrimonial bonds. The
granting of a divorce from bed and board does not
allow the parties to remarry.
§ 50-7. Grounds for
divorce from bed and board
The court may grant
divorces from bed and board on application of the
party injured, made as by law provided, in the
following cases if either party:
(1) Abandons his or
her family.
(2) Maliciously turns
the other out of doors.
(3) By cruel or
barbarous treatment endangers the life of the other.
In addition, the court may grant the victim of such
treatment the remedies available under G.S. 50B-1, et
seq.
(4) Offers such
indignities to the person of the other as to render
his or her condition intolerable and life burdensome.
(5) Becomes an
excessive user of alcohol or drugs so as to render the
condition of the other spouse intolerable and the life
of that spouse burdensome.
(6) Commits adultery.
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