Mississippi will not add domestic violence as grounds for divorce

Mississippi will not add domestic violence as a reason for divorce.A final version of a bill that would have allowed divorces for that reason passed the House on Wednesday, but died in the Senate a short time later.It was Senate Bill 2418.The state will retain 12 grounds for divorce, including impotency, adultery, habitual drunkenness and incurable mental illness.

Mississippi will not add domestic violence as a reason for divorce.

A final version of a bill that would have allowed divorces for that reason passed the House on Wednesday, but died in the Senate a short time later.

It was Senate Bill 2418.

The state will retain 12 grounds for divorce, including impotency, adultery, habitual drunkenness and incurable mental illness.



