The phrase "action for divorce" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to a formal legal proceeding initiated by one spouse to obtain a divorce from the other spouse.
Example: "After years of unhappiness, she decided to file an action for divorce in the local court."
Alternatives: "divorce petition" or "divorce proceedings".
Q: He brought the action for divorce against you, correct?
Q: You didn't bring an action for divorce against him, did you?
In the agreement, signed on Sept. 1, 1998, they promised not to make a claim under the state's equitable distribution law "should either party commence an action for divorce within one year".
If the court deals with the legal status of the parties before it, as in an action for divorce, it is generally required that at least one of the parties be a resident of the jurisdiction in which the court is located.
On Sept. 1, 1998, the couple signed an agreement that said neither party would make a claim under the equitable distribution law, which governs the division of property in a divorce, "should either party commence an action for divorce within one year of the date of the signing of this agreement".
He filed an action suing you for divorce, correct?
However, an editorial in Malaysia's New Straits Times said such action is merely the trigger for divorce proceedings under the country's Islamic family law.
That was the last the author saw of her, but his lawyer informed him that in addition to paying for the clothes, he was also a correspondent in the divorce action for the woman and her estranged husband.
These jurisdictions should amend their rules to allow for joinder of this action with divorce proceedings.
Those actions, he testified, were retaliation after he announced plans for divorce.
In June 1951, she finally secured the return of Alexis by agreeing to cancel her receivership action and divorce suit in California in return for a divorce 'guaranteed by L. Ron Hubbard'.
