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MS SB2703

Bill

Status

Failed

2/28/2017

Primary Sponsor

Sally Doty

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Mississippi Code Section 93-5-1 to add spousal domestic abuse as grounds for fault divorce under the existing "cruel and inhuman treatment" category.

  • Modifies the seventh cause for divorce to explicitly include "spousal domestic abuse" alongside cruel and inhuman treatment.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2017.

Legislative Description

Divorce; domestic violence as a ground for.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/28/2017

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B2/21/2017
Judiciary, Division A1/16/2017

Full Bill Text

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