[[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question","text":"South Carolina courts are strictly prohibited from granting a divorce except on one or more of five statutorily prescribed grounds. First, a divorce may be granted \u201con the application of either party if and when [they] have lived separate and apart without cohabitation for a period of one year.\u201d Because the person requesting the divorce need not prove any wrongdoing on part of their spouse, this is commonly referred to as a \u201cno-fault\u201d divorce. By contrast, a fault-based divorce may be granted for one or more of the following reasons: Adultery; Desertion for a period of one year; Physical cruelty; Habitual drunkenness","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#Answer"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question1","text":"Mediation is a form of\u00a0alternative dispute resolution (ADR) meant to provide a more harmonious route to securing a divorce than the one you might find by simply going to court. During mediation, a conflict-resolution professional tries to help spouses resolve any disputes that arise during the course of their divorce proceedings.  Mediation is a mandatory step in all South Carolina divorces. That said, it is not an alternative to divorce. The goal is to facilitate the divorce process, not to avoid or replace it.","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#Answer1"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","name":"Tega Cay Family Lawyer","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is It Difficult to Get Divorced in South Carolina?","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#Answer"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#Question"},{"@type":"Question","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#Answer1"},"name":"Is Mediation an Alternative to Divorce?","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#Question1"}],"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#FAQPage"}],{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Tega Cay Personal Injury Lawyer","item":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tega Cay Family Lawyer","item":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/tega-cay\/tega-cay-family-lawyer\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]