Are there advantages to using the no-fault ground of irreconcilable differences rather than a fault ground?

You have to litigate all of the grounds. Irreconcilable differences is a lot easier to prove, and that also just assumes that you move forward toward a trial. Most divorces settle and and most divorces, unfortunately, are the dissolution of a marital partnership. It’s the dissolution of a business. Ultimately, what it really comes down to at the end of the day is, how are we going to divide what we actually have accumulated during the course of our marriage? It’s just a cleaner route to go.

Rosalyn Charles is a family lawyer practicing in Newark, New Jersey.