What are the recognized grounds for divorce in Arizona?
The State of Arizona recognizes two distinct types of marriages within the state and each type has its own separate grounds for dissolution of marriage. A covenant marriage entered into in Arizona may only be dissolved for the following reasons: 1. The respondent spouse has committed adultery. 2. The respondent spouse has committed a felony and has been sentenced to death or imprisonment. 3. The respondent spouse has abandoned the matrimonial domicile for at least one year before the petitioner filed for dissolution of marriage. 4. The respondent spouse has physically or sexually abused the spouse seeking the dissolution of marriage, a child, a relative of either spouse permanently living in the matrimonial domicile or has committed acts of domestic violence or emotional abuse. 5. The spouses have been living separate and apart continuously without reconciliation for at least two years before the petitioner filed for dissolution of marriage. 6. The spouses have been living separate and
