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Covenant marriage: the question Arizona asks first
Arizona recognizes covenant marriage — an opt-in regime entered by declaration — and a covenant marriage dissolves only on statutory grounds: adultery, certain felony sentences, a year's abandonment, physical or sexual abuse, two years' separation, a year's separation after legal separation, habitual substance abuse — or both spouses' agreement. Most Arizona marriages are not covenant marriages.
The honesty note
Whether a ground exists is a contested finding a court makes on evidence — and mutual agreement is itself a ground, which is why the question comes first, not last.
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