4. Threat to kill.
5. The condemnation and imprisonment of either spouse for an infamous or degrading crime.
6. Confirmed habits of drunkenness.
7. Desertion.
8. Incurable impotence of either party.
Procedure.—All suits for divorce must be instituted in the ecclesiastical courts of the Orthodox Greek Church.
Effects of Divorce.—Both parties are free to remarry, but the wife must wait until a full year has elapsed from the granting of a decree before contracting a new marriage.
The wife must not use the surname of her divorced husband.
If the wife is the successful suitor, she can recover from the defeated party the dowry she brought to him at marriage. She has a right also to retain any gifts she may have received from him either before or after marriage.
In some instances the husband is obliged to pay alimony to his divorced wife during her lifetime, up to the time she contracts a new marriage.