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By statute, Utah courts requires proof of one or more of the following
grounds for divorce:
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Impotency of the defendant at the time of the marriage;
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Adultery committed by the defendant subsequent to the marriage;
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Willful desertion of the plaintiff by the defendant for more than one year;
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Willful neglect of the defendant to provide for the plaintiff the common
necessaries of life;
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Habitual drunkenness of the defendant;
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Conviction of the defendant for a felony;
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Cruel treatment of the plaintiff by the defendant to the extent of causing
bodily injury or great mental distress to the plaintiff;
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Irreconcilable differences of the marriage;
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Incurable insanity; or
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When the husband and wife have lived separately under a decree of separate
maintenance of any state for three consecutive years without cohabitation.
As a practical matter almost all divorces filed in the State of Utah are
based on grounds of irreconcilable differences. Pleading irreconcilable
differences does not require proof of fault, and therefore simplifies the
divorce process.
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