Grounds for Divorce in Utah
Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch
& Crouch, Arlington, Virginia
- separation for three consecutive years without cohabitation under decree
of separate maintenance
- irreconcilable differences of marriage
- impotency at time of marriage
- adultery
- willful desertion for more than one year
- willful neglect to provide common necessaries of life
- habitual drunkenness
- conviction of felony
- cruelty causing bodily injury or great mental distress
- incurable insanity
Code: 30-3-1, 30-3-2
Information has been checked against state statutes as of 1997
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