Grounds for Divorce: Fault vs. No-Fault Jurisdictions

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Twenty-two states have both no-fault and fault based divorces. Eight states have only no-fault divorces. Twenty states and the District of Columbia have laws allowing divorce only on a no-fault ground.

State	Only Fault Based Divorce	Only No-Fault Based Divorce	Both Fault and No-Fault Based Divorce
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Alaska	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Arizona	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Arkansas	X< TH>	< TH>	< TH>
California	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Colorado	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Connecticut	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Delaware	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
District of Columbia	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Florida	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Georgia	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Hawaii	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Idaho	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Illinois	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Indiana	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Iowa	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Kansas	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Kentucky	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Louisiana	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Maine	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Maryland	X< TH>	< TH>	< TH>
Massachusetts	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Michigan	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Minnesota	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Mississippi	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Missouri	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Montana	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Nebraska	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Nevada	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
New Hampshire	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
New Jersey	X< TH>	< TH>	< TH>
New Mexico	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
New York	X< TH>	< TH>	< TH>
North Carolina	X< TH>	< TH>	< TH>
North Dakota	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Ohio	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Oklahoma	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Oregon	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Pennsylvania	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Rhode Island	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
South Carolina	X< TH>	< TH>	< TH>
South Dakota	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Tennessee	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Texas	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Utah	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Vermont	X< TH>	< TH>	< TH>
Virginia	X< TH>	< TH>	< TH>
Washington	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
West Virginia	< TH>	< TH>	X< TH>
Wisconsin	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>
Wyoming	< TH>	X< TH>	< TH>

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