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Mississippi law defines two types of alimony, lump sum and periodic payment. Lump sum alimony is a fixed and final dollar amount paid either in a single payment or over a period of time. The court cannot later modify the amount, nor does the death or remarriage of either spouse affect it.

If you can show financial need and your spouse has the financial means to support it, the court can award you alimony, also known as spousal support. An alimony award might also be appropriate if you are unemployable, meaning that you lack training or education or you have a disability and are unable to work.

Adultery is grounds for a fault-based divorce in Mississippi, which means the couple is seeking a divorce because one or both spouses committed some type of marital misconduct. The other primary kind of divorce, no-fault divorce, is only an option when couples agree to separate due to irreconcilable differences.

A married couple's shared assets must be divided ?equitably? in a Mississippi divorce. However, the assets are not usually divided in a 50/50 split. Instead, the courts will fairly divide the assets while accounting for each spouse's needs, their standard of living before the divorce, and other factors.

For example, in Maine, Mississippi, and Tennessee, judges will only award alimony in marriages lasting longer than 10 years. In these states, alimony payments can't last longer than half the length of the marriage unless there are extenuating circumstances, like a physical or mental disability.

Judges in Mississippi may award periodic, lump sum, rehabilitative, or reimbursement alimony. Less commonly, judges can also order a division of marital property or equitable interest in marital property instead of alimony. The court can use one or all types of alimony in combination.

Alimony is based not only on a wife's need to receive alimony, but also on the husband's ability to pay alimony. Especially in low-income situations, it is easy to prove that the wife needs alimony, but if the husband is already struggling to pay his bills, he has no income to pay alimony, so none will be ordered.