Is Lack of Sex Grounds for Divorce?
Posted by: kstewart in Untagged on
Jun 30, 2010
In North America (at least almost all of North America) there is “no fault divorce”, which in laymen’s terms means that it does not matter what the reason is for the divorce and therefore the reason will not impact how assets are divided. So most lawyers would likely say that whether you had a great sex life or a non-existent one is irrelevant.
The other question however, is more emotional and speaks to whether having sexually intimacy in marriage is necessary for a marriage to survive. Some would argue that sex is not necessary for a marriage to survive but certainly necessary for it to thrive. Sexually intimacy is a must for a healthy marriage. The fact is, whether you like it or not, those couples who share sexual intimacy approximately 3 times per week are much less likely to divorce. Have you ever heard a couple that say that their sex life is great and are yet still getting a divorce? Most divorcing couples will say that they lack intimacy, communication and sex. The fact is that all 3 go together. So wake up wives – if you want intimacy and communication you need sex and wake up men – if you want sex then communicate and be intimate verbally.
It is really that simple and if we lived by this formula the divorce rate would decrease.




