Ohio has two major categories for a divorce: no fault and fault. No fault grounds include incompatibility, unless denied by the other party, and living separate and apart without cohabitation for one year.

There are nine fault grounds for divorce in Ohio, which include bigamy, willful absence from the marital home for one year, adultery, extreme cruelty, fraudulent contract, any gross neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, imprisonment of the adverse spouse, and the adverse party’s out-of-state divorce.