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Utah Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | 30-3 et seq. |
| Residency Requirements | One party bona fide resident 3 months before commencing action. |
| Waiting Period | Decree becomes absolute on day signed by court. Hearing 90 days from filing of complaint. |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Separation (3 yrs.); irreconcilable differences. |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | - |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery; cruelty or violence; desertion (1 yr.); alcohol addiction; impotency; nonsupport; incurable insanity; conviction of felony; also irreconcilable differences and lived separately under decree of separation for 3 consecutive years. |
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