# Alaska Stat. § 25.24.050: Grounds for divorce

> Alaska · Statutes · Reserved

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.050

## Section

- **Citation:** Alaska Stat. § 25.24.050
- **Heading:** Grounds for divorce
- **Jurisdiction:** Alaska
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** Reserved
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.050

## Text

A divorce may be granted for any of the following grounds: (1) failure to consummate the marriage at the time of the marriage and continuing at the commencement of the action;

(2) adultery;

(3) conviction of a felony;

(4) wilful desertion for a period of one year;

(5) either (A) cruel and inhuman treatment calculated to impair health or endanger life;

(B) personal indignities rendering life burdensome; or

(C) incompatibility of temperament;

(6) habitual gross drunkenness contracted since marriage and continuing for one year prior to the commencement of the action;

(7) [Repealed, § 68 ch 127 SLA 1974.] (8) incurable mental illness when the spouse has been confined to an institution for a period of at least 18 months immediately preceding the commencement of the action; the status as to the support and maintenance of the mentally ill person is not altered in any way by the granting of the divorce;

(9) addiction of either party, subsequent to the marriage, to the habitual use of opium, morphine, cocaine, or a similar drug.

## Nearby sections

- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.010 Right of action for divorce.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.010.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.020 Void marriages.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.020.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.030 Voidable marriages.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.030.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.040 Action to declare marriage valid.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.040.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.050 Grounds for divorce.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.050.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.060 Mediation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.060.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.070 Confession of adultery.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.070.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.080 Residence requirements for action to declare marriage void.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.080.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.090 Use of spouse's residence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.090.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.110 Separate domicile or residence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.110.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.120 Defenses to adultery.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.120.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.130 Defenses to other divorce grounds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.130.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.140 Orders during action.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.140.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 25.24.150 Judgments for custody; supervised visitation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T25_C25.24_S25.24.150.md)

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