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                                          (2) has been imprisoned for at
                                          least one year in the Texas
                                          Department      of    Criminal
                                          Justice, a federal penitentiary,
                                          or the penitentiary of another
                                          state; and
                                          (3) has not been pardoned.


7.   Italy          The Law of 1          Either of the spouses may        http://ec.europa.eu/civilj
                    December 1970, No.    apply for divorce:
                    898, as amended by     a. for any offence carrying a ustice/divorce/divorce_i
                    the Law of 1 August       sentence        of      life ta_en.htm
                    1978, No. 436 and         imprisonment              or
                    by the Law of 6           imprisonment for more
                    March 1987, No. 74,       than 15 years, possibly as
                                              a result of multiple
                                              sentencing,     for    pre-
                                              meditated offences, apart
                                              from political offences and
                                              offences committed on
                                              specific moral or social
                                              grounds;
                                           b. for any offence carrying a
                                              custodial sentence for
                                              incest (section 564 of the
                                              Criminal Code) or violent
                                              sexual offences under
                                              sections 609bis (sexual
                                              violence),       609quater,
                                              609quinquies, 609octies
                                              (introduced by Act No 66
                                              of 1996);
                                           c. for any offence carrying a
                                              custodial sentence for
                                              murdering the spouse's




                                    child(ren) or for attempted
                                   murder of the spouse or
                                   their child(ren);
                              d.   for any offence carrying a
                                   custodial sentence, where
                                   the person has been found
                                   guilty on two or more
                                   counts of grievous bodily
                                   harm, failure to fulfil
                                   family support obligations,
                                   abuse in the family or of
                                   minors or circumvention
                                   of an incapable harming
                                   the spouse or their
                                   child(ren), except where
                                   the applicant for divorce
                                   has been convicted on
                                   conspiracy or where it has
                                   been established that they
                                   are again living together);