Many people have religious or other emotional concerns pertaining to divorce, and the reasons leading up to divorce. First, know that Oklahoma family law courts prefer divorces on the grounds of incompatibility. As such, your attorney is likely to recommend that as the grounds for your divorce. However, if a specific ground for divorce applies because it has had a negative effect on your children of the marriage or on the dissipation of marital assets, it is worth considering whether other grounds should be requested as a basis of divorce. 43 O.S. ¶ 101 lists these grounds after incompatibility. A general summary of those grounds is as follows: 1. Abandonment for one (1) year. 2. Adultery. 3. Impotency. 4. When the wife at the time of her marriage was pregnant by another than her husband. 5. Extreme cruelty. 6. Fraudulent contract. 7. Incompatibility. Provided, however, where the interest of a … Continue reading →