{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-101","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-101","heading":"Grounds for divorce","body":"The district court may grant a divorce for any of the following\n\ncauses:\n\nFirst. Abandonment for one (1) year.\n\nSecond. Adultery.\n\nThird. Impotency.\n\nFourth. When the wife at the time of her marriage was pregnant\n\nby another than her husband.\n\nFifth. Extreme cruelty.\n\nSixth. Fraudulent contract.\n\nSeventh. Incompatibility. Provided, however, where the\n\ninterest of a child under eighteen (18) years of age is involved,\n\nthe adult parties shall attend an educational program concerning the\n\nimpact of divorce on children as provided in subsection B of Section\n\n107.2 of this title.\n\nEighth. Habitual drunkenness.\n\nNinth. Gross neglect of duty.\n\nTenth. Imprisonment of the other party in a state or federal\n\npenal institution under sentence thereto for the commission of a\n\nfelony at the time the petition is filed.\n\nEleventh. The procurement of a final divorce decree without\n\nthis state by a husband or wife which does not in this state release\n\nthe other party from the obligations of the marriage.\n\nTwelfth. Insanity for a period of five (5) years, the insane\n\nperson having been an inmate of a state institution for the insane\n\nin the State of Oklahoma, or inmate of a state institution for the\n\ninsane in some other state for such period, or of a private\n\nsanitarium, and affected with a type of insanity with a poor\n\nprognosis for recovery; provided, that no divorce shall be granted\n\nbecause of insanity until after a thorough examination of such\n\ninsane person by three physicians, one of whom shall be a\n\nsuperintendent of the hospital or sanitarium for the insane in which\n\nthe insane defendant is confined, and the other two to be appointed\n\nby the court before whom the action is pending, and any two of such\n\nphysicians shall agree that such insane person, at the time the\n\npetition in the divorce action is filed, has a poor prognosis for\n\nrecovery; provided, further, however, that no divorce shall be\n\ngranted on this ground to any person whose husband or wife is an\n\ninmate of a state institution in any other than the State of\n\nOklahoma, unless the person applying for such divorce shall have\n\nbeen a resident of the State of Oklahoma for at least five (5) years\n\nprior to the commencement of an action; and provided further, that a\n\ndecree granted on this ground shall not relieve the successful party\n\nfrom contributing to the support and maintenance of the defendant.\n\nThe court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the insane\n\ndefendant, which appointment shall be made at least ten (10) days\n\nbefore any decree is entered.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 4962. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 79, § 1, emerg. eff.\n\nFeb. 24, 1947; Laws 1953, p. 59, § 1; Laws 1955, p. 141, § 1, emerg.\n\neff. March 3, 1955. Renumbered from § 1271 of Title 12 by Laws\n\n1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 428,\n\n§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.","path":["OK Code","Title 43"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os43.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ffb33661382eb69a033d3dbe46b7369fe47e0acc484a3323b8600ccdf7dcdbe2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-10","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}