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MS SB2529

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

2/5/2019

Primary Sponsor

Sally Doty

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds "bona fide separation" as a thirteenth ground for fault divorce in Mississippi Code Section 93-5-1
  • Allows either spouse to obtain a divorce based on willful and continued separation without cohabitation for at least three (3) years, with the intent not to return to or resume the marital relationship
  • Increases the total number of grounds for divorce from twelve to thirteen
  • Takes effect July 1, 2019

Legislative Description

Divorce; bona fide separation as a ground for.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/5/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division A1/21/2019

Full Bill Text

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