30-4-1 - Action by spouse -- Grounds. - Utah Statutes

30-4-1. Action by spouse -- Grounds.
Whenever a resident of this state:
(1) deserts a spouse without good and sufficient cause;
(2) being of sufficient ability to provide support, neglects or refuses to properly providefor and suitably maintain that spouse;
(3) having property within this state and the spouse being a resident of this state, sodeserts or neglects or refuses to provide such support; or
(4) where a married person without that person's fault lives separate and apart from thatspouse, the district court shall, on the filing of a complaint, allot, assign, set apart and decree asalimony the use of the real and personal estate or earnings of the deserting spouse as the courtmay determine appropriate. During the pendency of the action, the court may require thedeserting spouse to pay a sum as provided in Section 30-3-3.

Amended by Chapter 137, 1993 General Session