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(7) [Repealed, ยง 68 ch 127 SLA 1974.]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.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
Chapter 24. Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage
Article 1. Divorce and Annulment.
Sec. 25.24.010. Right of action for divorce.
Sec. 25.24.020. Void marriages.
Sec. 25.24.030. Voidable marriages.
Sec. 25.24.040. Action to declare marriage valid.
Sec. 25.24.050. Grounds for divorce.
Sec. 25.24.070. Confession of adultery.
Sec. 25.24.080. Residence requirements for action to declare marriage void.
Sec. 25.24.090. Use of spouse's residence.
Sec. 25.24.110. Separate domicile or residence.
Sec. 25.24.120. Defenses to adultery.
Sec. 25.24.130. Defenses to other divorce grounds.
Sec. 25.24.140. Orders during action.
Sec. 25.24.150. Judgments for custody; supervised visitation.
Sec. 25.24.152. Children as dependents for tax purposes.
Sec. 25.24.155. Reservation of issues.
Sec. 25.24.165. Change of name in divorce or annulment.