25-4-17.3.   Use of affidavits to establish jurisdiction and grounds for divorce. In any action for divorce or separate maintenance in which the parties have consented to the use of irreconcilable differences, the court may grant the divorce based on the affidavits of the parties establishing the requisite jurisdiction and grounds for the divorce or separate maintenance action without requiring their personal appearance.

Source: SL 1987, ch 187, § 1.

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