Divorce Children Fact

If any man and woman shall unlawfully cohabit, whether in adultery or fornication, they shall be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars each, and imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months; and it shall not be necessary, to constitute the offense, that the parties shall dwell together publicly

Desertion is a spouse's willful abandonment of the marriage for at least one year without consent, just cause, excuse, or intention to return. Desertion can occur under the same roof, if the spouses live as strangers and the deserter intends to end the marriage.

Desertion or abandonment of the child by the parent; Contact not having been made with the child for a significant period of time (at least six months for a child younger than three years old or at least one year for a child three years old or older);

It is commonly asked by clients, Can I date others? The short answer is NO. In Mississippi divorce there is no such thing as legal separation. You are married until you are divorced. That means either party could get fault grounds against the other at any time prior to the divorce being granted.

Each parent can receive joint legal and physical custody. Both parents might receive joint legal custody, but one parent will have physical custody. Both parents might receive joint physical custody, but one parent will have legal custody. One parent could be given both legal and physical custody.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has said that to prove adultery, a plaintiff-spouse must show by clear and convincing evidence that the other spouse exhibited both an (1) adulterous inclination and a (2) reasonable opportunity to satisfy that inclination.

In a purely no-fault divorce state, like California, the court will not consider evidence of adultery, or any other kind of fault, when deciding whether to grant a divorce.However, if your spouse was unfaithful in your marriage, the court may consider the misconduct in other aspects of the divorce.

Impact on Your Divorce While some spouses may get some personal satisfaction out of filing a divorce decree stating their spouse has had an affair, it generally does not influence factors like alimony, division of property, or child custody issues.