Tennessee Divorce Law What are the grounds for divorce in Tennessee?
A divorce may be granted in Tennessee divorce law using either “Fault” or “No-Fault” grounds. Fault grounds include: (1) impotence; (2) adultery; (3) conviction of a felony and imprisonment; (4) alcoholism and/or drug addiction; (5) wife is pregnant by another at the time of the marriage without husband’s knowledge; (6) willful desertion for one year; (7) bigamy; (8) endangering the life of a spouse; (9) commission and/or conviction of an infamous crime; (10) refusing the move to Tennessee with a spouse and willfully absenting oneself from a new residence for two years; (11) cruel and inhuman treatment; (12) spouse has made life intolerable; (13) abandonment or refusing to provide home and support; (14) living separate and apart for two or more years. No-Fault grounds include: (1) Irreconcilable differences if there is no denial of this ground or the spouses submit an executed marital dissolution agreement; (2) living separate and apart without cohabitation for two years when there are
