Understanding the Legal Grounds for Divorce
Hello, my name is Dillan Savage of Wirth Law Office – Oklahoma City. Today we are going to talk about the 12 different grounds for divorce and a brief description of each. So just going right into it, the first reason and ground for divorce is abandonment of your spouse for up to a year. If you abandon your spouse for up to a year, that is grounds for divorce.
Number two, adultery. You are going to need pictures, text messages, or other proof for your partner having an extramarital relationship. Number three, impotency. This means that your partner or you are unable to consummate your marriage or are refusing to have a sexual relationship with your partner during the marriage.
Exploring Additional Grounds for Divorce
Number four refers to the situation where the wife of the marriage was pregnant by another individual other than her husband at the time of the marriage. Number five is extreme cruelty, which could involve emotional or physical abuse of one of the parties.
Next, we have fraudulent contract, meaning an individual entered into the marriage with intentions other than being married to the other individual. This could include motivations like financial gain or citizenship, rather than the actual aim of marriage.
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Number seven is incompatibility, indicating that the parties can no longer get along and that the purpose of the marriage is no longer achievable. Following that, habitual drunkenness (number eight) and gross neglect of duty (number nine) can also serve as legal grounds for divorce.
Gross neglect of duty refers to the failure to fulfill certain responsibilities during the marriage, such as childcare and financial care. Number ten relates to imprisonment in a state or federal facility under a sentence for a felony at the time the petition for divorce was filed.
Conclusion: The Final Grounds for Divorce
Numbers eleven and twelve include the pronouncement of a divorce decree not issued by the state of Oklahoma and insanity, where an individual is held in a facility for the insane for a period of five years or longer. These grounds encompass the major reasons for divorce, with incompatibility often being the most common reason cited in Oklahoma.
If you found this information helpful or believe it could assist someone else, please visit Oklahoma City attorney. My name is Dillan Savage, and I’m with Wirth Law Office. Thank you for watching.
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