Some, such as California, don't
recognize any fault grounds.
If your spouse walked out on you, and if you want to base your divorce case on his wrongdoing, you may attempt to prove it during the divorce proceedings, unless you live in a state that does not
recognize any fault grounds.
Not exact matches
Alabama
recognizes both no -
fault and
fault grounds.
You might object to your spouse's
grounds — Tennessee
recognizes 12 different
fault grounds, some of them quite creative — or you might disagree with what your spouse is asking the court to grant her in the divorce.
There are 11
recognized grounds for divorce in Illinois, 10 of which require a spouse to be «at
fault.»
Oklahoma
recognizes both
fault and no -
fault grounds, and many couples file under the no -
fault ground of «incompatibility.»
Mississippi
recognizes 12
fault - based
grounds for divorce, and if you choose to file for divorce on one of these...
Oklahoma
recognizes both
fault and no -
fault grounds.
The state
recognizes several
fault - based
grounds, including adultery, desertion, commission of a crime, insanity, mental or physical cruelty, and excessively vicious conduct.
New Hampshire
recognizes the no -
fault grounds of irreconcilable differences, so most uncontested divorces proceed on this basis.
Virginia
recognizes both
fault and no -
fault grounds for divorce.
All states
recognize some version of no -
fault grounds for divorce, too.
Florida is a «pure» no -
fault state — it
recognizes only two divorce
grounds and neither have anything to do with marital misconduct.
The state
recognizes limited divorce, which is a form of legal separation, but its no -
fault grounds for an absolute divorce involve separation as well.
Tennessee
recognizes a total of 13 different
fault grounds for divorce, some of them quite creative.
As of 2010, all states
recognize no -
fault divorce, but the majority allow spouses to file on
fault grounds as well.
All states
recognize some form of no -
fault divorce, but the no -
fault grounds involve a lengthy separation in some states.
Massachusetts
recognizes both
fault and no -
fault grounds for divorce.