Grounds for Divorce in Mississippi
Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch
& Crouch, Arlington, Virginia
- irreconcilable differences only on joint complaint or uncontested petition
after process service (parties must make adequate provision for custody
and maintenance of children and for settlement of property rights or if
unable to agree must consent in writing to allow court to decide issues)
- natural impotency
- adultery (unless there was collusion or condonation)
- sentence to penitentiary (unless pardoned before being sent there)
- desertion for one year
- habitual drunkenness
- habitual excessive use of drugs
- habitual cruel and inhuman treatment
- insanity or idiocy at time of marriage (unknown to complaining party)
- prior marriage undissolved
- pregnancy by person other than husband at time of marriage (unknown to
husband)
- consanguinity within prohibited degrees
- incurable insanity, if insane party has been under regular treatment and
confined in an institution for proceeding three years
Code: 93-5-1 et seq.
Information has been checked against state statutes as of 1997
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