There are a lot of misconceptions out there about divorce. Below are five commonly-held myths about divorces in Mississippi and the truth behind each.
1. I’ll get half of everything.
False (sort of). The popular belief is that each spouse is entitled to half of what the couple owns together. That is, for the most part, true [...]
Under Mississippi law, there are 11 grounds for a fault-based divorce. Of these, the most common two grounds are adultery and habitual cruel and inhuman behavior. I’ll discuss each of these in more detail.
Adultery is defined as “voluntary sexual intercourse of a married person with a person other than the offender’s spouse.” A single occurrence of [...]
Traditionally, our society prefers marriage. It supposedly makes people more stable—economically, emotionally, and socially. Because of that, and partly because it lies deep in the Bible Belt, the State of Mississippi makes it difficult to obtain a divorce, or at least more difficult than many other states. (Yet, in 2007, Mississippi had almost as many [...]