What are recognized grounds for obtaining a fault-based divorce in Illinois?
The following have been established as grounds for fault-based divorce in Illinois: • impotency; • bigamy; • mental cruelty; • adultery; • willful desertion (for 1 year); • habitual drunkenness (for 2 years); • excessive use of addictive drugs (for 2 years); • attempts to take the life of a spouse; • physical cruelty; • conviction of a felony or other notorious activity; • infection of the other spouse with sexually transmitted disease
