There are two ways to be divorced in Tennessee: agree to be divorced because of irreconcilable differences, or allege grounds for divorce against your spouse in your Complaint for Divorce. The thirteen grounds for a contested divorce in Tennessee are:
Adultery;
Habitual drunkenness or abuse of narcotic drugs;
Living apart for two years with no minor children;
Inappropriate marital conduct;
Willful or malicious desertion for one full year without a reasonable cause;
Conviction of a felony;
Pregnancy of the wife by another before the marriage without the husband’s knowledge;
Refusal to move to Tennessee with your spouse and living apart for two years;
Malicious attempt upon the life of another;
Lack of reconciliation for two years after the entry of a decree of separate maintenance;
Impotency and sterility;
Bigamy; and
Abandonment or refusal or neglecting to provide for spouse although able to do so.