Divorce in Mississippi

The state of Mississippi has a divorce rate of 5.7 per 1000 population, so it is somewhat larger than the national average of 3.6 per 1000 population. It will benefit you to know the specific divorce laws for your state as each is different. There are residency requirements for example, that require you or your spouse to have lived in the state for at least a year. In the state, there is both fault and no-fault divorce. Fault based divorce requires grounds such as cruelty, bigamy, adultery, or incurable insanity for example.