Art. 104. Divorce only produces the suspension of the life in common of the spouses.

Art. 105. The legitimate causes for divorce are:

1. Adultery on the part of the wife in every case; and on the part of the husband when public scandal or disgrace of the wife results therefrom.

2. Personal violence actually inflicted or grave insults.

3. Violence exercised by the husband toward the wife in order to force her to change her religion.

4. The proposal of the husband to prostitute his wife.

5. The attempts of the husband or wife to corrupt their sons or to prostitute their daughters, and connivance in their corruption or prostitution.

6. The condemnation of a spouse to perpetual chains or hard labor (cadena o reclusion perpetua).

Art. 106. The innocent spouse only can petition for divorce.

Art. 107. The provisions of Article 103 shall be applicable to suits for divorce and to their interlocutory issues.