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MS HB185

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

3/3/2015

Primary Sponsor

John Moore

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Mississippi Code Section 93-5-1 to expand the grounds for divorce based on "habitual cruel and inhuman treatment" to explicitly include excessive verbal, mental, psychological, or emotional abuse
  • Adds clarification to the seventh grounds for divorce that previously only referenced physical cruel and inhuman treatment
  • Effective date is July 1, 2015
  • All other existing grounds for divorce remain unchanged, including adultery, desertion, habitual drunkenness, drug use, and mental illness

Legislative Description

Divorce; revise habitual cruel and inhuman treatment to include verbal, emotional or psychological abuse.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/3/2015

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division A2/17/2015
Judiciary A1/12/2015

Full Bill Text

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