Is divorce legal in Liberia?
Heavily restricted
Divorce is legal but only available on fault grounds, with no no-fault options.
Liberia is one of 40 countries classified “Heavily restricted” for divorce — 40% of the 101 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Divorce law by country
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Sierra Leone
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but only available on fault grounds, with no no-fault options.
- Mali
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Ghana
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
- Burkina Faso
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Nigeria
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
- Cameroon
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
Other laws in Liberia
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Sex Work
- Illegal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.