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Factors in Mississippi Alimony and Property Division

A court determining property division and alimony is required to look at certain factors. What are known as the Ferguson factors related to property division include how much each party substantially contributed to accumulating property, the degree to which each spouse has disposed of marital assets, the market value of…

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What Is Habitual Cruel and Inhuman Treatment in a Mississippi Divorce?

In a recent Mississippi appellate case, a wife filed for divorce on the fault-based grounds of adultery and habitual inhuman treatment. The couple married in 2004 and then separated in 2011. They had no children. The husband owned a bail bonding business, and the wife worked as an admissions registrar.…

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Mississippi Irreconcilable Differences Divorce Requires Consent From Both Parties

We have all heard the term “consenting adults.”  Well, Mississippi law requires such consent before a divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences (also known as a “no-fault” or “agreed divorce”) will be granted.  A divorce will not granted simply because he or she no longer desires to be married to…

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New Fault Grounds Bill Passes in the Mississippi Senate

When filing for divorce in Mississippi, you can file based on fault or no-fault grounds. Existing fault grounds in Mississippi include adultery, criminal conviction with a sentence to jail time, bigamy, impotence, willful continuous desertion for a minimum of a year, habitual substance abuse, habitual cruel and inhuman treatment, the…

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You Snooze You Lose: Do Not Wait to Enforce or Collect on Divorce Judgments

Do not “sit” on your right to enforce or collect on a divorce judgment. Let me repeat that: DO NOT wait too long to enforce a divorce judgment or any incorporated alimony, property settlement, or child support judgment. I give this counsel to all prospective clients that contact me asking…

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