Senate Bill 2018 and House Bill 496 died a quick, unceremonious death in committee this year.

Both sought to allow fault grounds to be amended or added to existing law. One change was to allow for a divorce if the parties had been separated for over a year. The other, if a party could prove the marriage was irretrievably broken. Not outrageous changes…

Regardless, there will be no changes in 2025 to fault grounds in Mississippi.

Matthew Thompson is a Mississippi Divorce attorney and has supported common sense changes to divorce law for 20 years…it hasn’t happened yet.