Divorce Laws: Which Divorce Law Is The Strangest? (PHOTOS)

Let's be honest: divorcing your spouse can be a strange, bewildering experience.

But hey, it could be weirder. The cities, states and countries below are home to divorce laws that are so unusual, they'll have you scratching your head.

Click through the slideshow below for six surprising-but-true divorce laws. Tell us which one you think is the weirdest by voting and sounding off in the comments.

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• New Mexico And Mississippi

  In cases of what's called "alienation of affection" -- when a third party is held responsible for the failure of a marriage -- New Mexico and Mississippi give <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/best-worst-states-divorce/story?id=14934693&page=2#.T5nMKOzLyRk" target="_hplink">scorned spouses the right to sue</a> their ex spouse's lover for damages.

• Kentucky

  In Kentucky, it's illegal to remarry the same person four times, so residents of the state would do well to think twice before taking a repeat trip down the aisle.

• Wichita, Kansas

  In Wichita, Kansas, it's written into law that a man's mistreatment of his mother-in-law <a href="http://glo.msn.com/relationships/10-obscure-marriage-laws-5450.gallery?photoId=16046" target="_hplink">can't be used as grounds</a> for divorce.

• Delaware

  Marriage is no laughing matter for most people, but in <a href="http://law.findlaw.com/state-laws/annulment-and-prohibited-marriage/delaware/ " target="_hplink">Delaware, a couple can file to have their union annulled</a> if they entered into it as a "jest" or "dare."

• England

  England doesn't have a no-fault divorce law, <a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/04/08/Lawyer-gets-weird-excuses-for-divorce/UPI-40211333919280/#ixzz1tBXBowod" target="_hplink">so about half of all divorcing couples</a> are left scrambling to find a reason for citing "unreasonable behavior." Some past causes for splits, according to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/world/europe/divorce-british-style-fault-finding-as-fine-art.html?pagewanted=all" target="_hplink">a recent <em>New York Times</em> feature,</a> include a woman who filed because her husband wanted her to dress up in a "Star Trek" Klingon costume and a man who said that he was simply fed up with his wife making tuna for dinner.

• Tennessee

  In Tennessee, claiming that your spouse made an attempt on your life "<a href="http://www.state.tn.us/tccy/tnchild/36/36-4-101.htm" target="_hplink">by poison or any other means showing malice</a>" is grounds for divorce.

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Comments

[Dawn Elaine]

07:49 AM on 04/23/2013

Try Maryland! Adultery is a misdemeanor crime punishable by a fine of $10.00. The statute isn't clear on whether it is $10.00 an event or $10.00 a person. Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law Art., sec. 10-501. It is generally believed that the last time the crime was reported as prosecuted was in 1915. Cole v. State, 126 Md. 239, 94 A. 913 (1915).

[heipo98]

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[Imogen Lockhart]

09:58 PM on 06/28/2012

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[thebarbecuemast]

12:46 PM on 04/28/2012

its the law of the farani tribe on the eastern most island of kosraee in the south pacific where the divorced couple has to induge in three dances on the hot coals if they had an affair with other tribes decide to break up or one of them can jump from the cliff into the pacific ocean. if one usally survives without the blessing of the witchdoctor they must cook the bbq party with roast pigs like in hawaii. i was there and could not believe this back in the 1990s.
http://www.thebarbecuemaster.net/bbqlove.html

[filo]

11:52 AM on 04/28/2012

If a couple marries in Tennessee and divorces in South Carolina are they still legally brother and sister?

[FlamingLibrul]

11:56 AM on 04/28/2012

I love you, my twisted friend. Happy weekend.

[filo]

04:48 PM on 04/28/2012

Hi FL!

Backatcha'

[thebarbecuemast]

12:48 PM on 04/28/2012

it depends on the definition f a brother and sister which is different in those states and drpends if the so called brother drives a pickup truck without a hound dog

[filo]

04:50 PM on 04/28/2012

LOL!

I'm a Yankee. So I'm not familiar with the Southern mores.

[CharliePoole]

11:23 AM on 04/28/2012

"In Tennessee, claiming that your spouse made an attempt on your life "by poison or any other means showing malice" is grounds for divorce. "

I guess that's too bad for you if you live in any of the other states, where you are forced to live with and stay married to the person that tried to poison you to death.

Frankly, reading this, I am reminded of something I've often wondered: What kind a buck toothed idiot still clings to a belief in the "marriage" ritual in this, the 21st century? ? Giving up your personal rights so that your government "daddy" can tell you how you can or cant mate, and impose rules on how you behave when mated? You have to truly be 20 different kinds of STUPID to willingly subject yourself and your mate to this.

[Dogger]

10:02 AM on 04/28/2012

South Carolina divorce law provides that a decree of divorce between a man and a woman ends the marital relationship, but the relationship of brother and sister remains intact.

[bert1016]

09:34 AM on 04/28/2012

My lawyer here in Virginia told me I could charge both my husband and his girlfriend with adultery which is a crime. As they are both cops I really thought about it given it would force them to admit it under oath and probably both lose their ranks and/or job (sex between a seargant and an officer is a code of conduct violation). Unfortunately even them admitting it under oath wouldn't be enough to prove adultery based on Virginia law. So I figured it was best to just file for divorce as quickly as possible vs. trying this in court.

[Cantinflas]

09:42 AM on 04/28/2012

Did your lawyer mention that they would be protected by the Fifth Amendment to admitting to anything which was a crime?

[Cantinflas]

09:54 AM on 04/28/2012

change to "from admitting"

[Kailuabred]

03:40 PM on 04/30/2012

Probably not...he was too busy having sex with her.

[demisfine]

08:52 AM on 04/28/2012

I have never been to Tennessee, and I don't know much about the state - but I would have to agree that allowing spouses to divorce because one tried to poison the other seems like a good law.

[webrat]

09:17 AM on 04/28/2012

Yep. Texas divorce law for spouse poisoning ends up as a swift execution.

[pepper1311]

09:52 AM on 04/28/2012

In away your correct, but if you just in a coma for a month, then all is fine. We all need naps.

[demisfine]

09:53 AM on 04/28/2012

Cute.

[Edward Starsmith]

08:39 AM on 04/28/2012

I'm not a lawyer and don't even play one on TV, but I believe North Carolina also has an Alienation of Affection law. I was once engaged to a woman who ran off with another man. She had property of mine she wasn't willing to return (the most expensive being a spare camera at a time when I was a professional photographer). I contacted an attorney over it and he offered to sue the guy she ran off with. He made me believe this was a common tactic.

Of course, I am talking about 30 years ago.

[shroomtune]

09:10 AM on 04/28/2012

I believe you are correct. I know someone who was offered the option to sue the mistress of her now ex-husband about four or five years ago in NC. It was actually a valuable bargaining chip when negotiating the divorce.

[americawasgreatonce]

07:54 AM on 04/28/2012

When asked about marriage Walter Mattheu said he would rather lease... smart man.

[webrat]

09:04 AM on 04/28/2012

Ahhh. Rent a wife. Lol

[Cantinflas]

09:43 AM on 04/28/2012

As a friend of mine is fond of saying, "If it flies, floats, or f---s, you rent; you don't buy."

[americawasgreatonce]

07:53 AM on 04/28/2012

In Massachusetts you can only divorce your wife if you take full responsibility for the breakup and agree to pay through the nose as long as the wife demands. The amount that the wife requests will be raised by the Judge to make sure that the husband has nothing left. It has been said that most Massachusetts judges wear the necklaces made of testicles around their necks under their robes.

[Zilo]

08:02 AM on 04/28/2012

You sound like a very bitter conservative. Let me guess, you did something to ruin your marriage and now it's all your ex wife's fault that you're divorced. And, like a true conservative, you now hate women.

[americawasgreatonce]

08:43 AM on 04/28/2012

Not at all... I watched my brothers Bi-Polar wife take him to the cleaners and support her endless line of live-ins off his hard work. Do some research on Massachusetts family courts before you spout.

[oldwolf49]

06:02 AM on 04/28/2012

My idea is to just not marry, however you never learn that until after a couple of times around the bend.

[Macus]

10:14 AM on 04/28/2012

a couple of times? must have been a hard lesson learned.

[Canipsil]

10:13 AM on 05/11/2013

Sometimes the hardest...hope takes a long time to kill.

[moflard]

03:05 AM on 04/28/2012

My favourite was in the old Brehon (Irish) Law Code - a woman (I'd imagine this applies to men too but I could be wrong on that) could divorce her spouse for having bad breath.

[Itsbeenalongday]

03:56 AM on 04/28/2012

He should have turned her around.

[RJB Boston]

02:53 AM on 04/28/2012

watching faux news should be grounds for divorce

[oldwolf49]

06:01 AM on 04/28/2012

Right on! f/f