Grounds for divorce

A.S.C.A. § 42.0202 — under Divorce and Annulment.

A.S.C.A. § 42.0202

The High Court may dissolve any marriage contract and grant a decree of divorce, or may grant a decree of judicial separation, for any one of the following causes:

(1) adultery;

(2) habitual cruelty or ill usage;

(3) desertion for 6 months or more;

(4) sentence to imprisonment for a term of 10 or more years or for life;

(5) voluntary continuous separation for a period of 5 years or more.

(6) irreconcilable differences.

History: 1962, PL 7-32; and 1996, PL 24-11.