What are the recognized grounds for divorce in Utah?
Utah law provides permits no-fault divorces to be granted based upon irreconcilable differences between the parties, and also grants divorces based upon the following: 1. Impotency of the respondent at the time the marriage was contracted; 2. Adultery committed by the respondent; 3. Willful desertion of the petitioner by the respondent for a period of more than one year; 4. Willful neglect of the respondent to provide the petitioner with the common necessities of life; 5. Habitual drunkenness of the respondent; 6. A felony conviction of the respondent; 7. Cruel and inhumane treatment of the petitioner causing bodily injury or great mental distress; 8. Incurable insanity, or; 9. When husband and wife have lived separately under a decree of separate maintenance of any state for three consecutive years without cohabitation.
