{"id":94,"date":"2016-12-13T13:03:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T21:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arwaninavalaw.sitetestlink.com\/?p=94"},"modified":"2017-08-03T13:34:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T20:34:40","slug":"there-are-only-twelve-legal-reasons-you-can-get-divorced-in-the-state-of-mississippi-they-refuse-to-add-domestic-violence-as-reason-number-thirteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arwanilawfirm.com\/there-are-only-twelve-legal-reasons-you-can-get-divorced-in-the-state-of-mississippi-they-refuse-to-add-domestic-violence-as-reason-number-thirteen\/","title":{"rendered":"There are only twelve legal reasons you can get divorced in the state of Mississippi, they refuse to add domestic violence as reason number thirteen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Shocking! Check out this article.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mississippi Fails To Add Domestic Violence As A Legal Reason For Divorce<\/li>\n<li>Advocates say the state\u2019s antiquated divorce laws can make it harder for victims to leave abusive spouses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Mississippi, a person can get a divorce if their spouse is a habitual drunk, commits adultery, has an incurable mental illness or is naturally impotent.<\/p>\n<p>But, if their spouse beats them? That would make things more complicated. As it currently stands, domestic violence is not among the 12 legal grounds for divorce in the state.<\/p>\n<p>A recent effort to rectify that died in the Mississippi state Senate last week.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would have made domestic violence the 13th legal justification for divorce, as long as it was \u201cestablished by clear and convincing evidence, where the perpetrator commits upon a spouse one of the following: attempting to cause, or purposely or knowingly causing, bodily injury to the spouse; or attempting by physical menace to put the spouse in fear of imminent serious bodily harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com.mx\/entry\/mississippi-domestic-violence-divorce_us_571f7969e4b01a5ebde34227\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/mississippi-domestic-violence-divorce_us_571f7969e4b01a5ebde3422&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class='shareThisWrapper '>\n\t\t\t\t<a target='_blank' class='dskSharingIcon dskSharingIcon_facebook' href='https:\/\/social.milemarkmedia.com\/?site=fb&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arwanilawfirm.com%2Fthere-are-only-twelve-legal-reasons-you-can-get-divorced-in-the-state-of-mississippi-they-refuse-to-add-domestic-violence-as-reason-number-thirteen%2F' rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/d78c52a599aaa8c95ebc-9d8e71b4cb418bfe1b178f82d9996947.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/dsk_sharing\/icons\/ftlg_16.png\" width=64 height=16><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a target='_blank' class='dskSharingIcon dskSharingIcon_twitter' href='https:\/\/social.milemarkmedia.com\/?site=tw&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arwanilawfirm.com%2Fthere-are-only-twelve-legal-reasons-you-can-get-divorced-in-the-state-of-mississippi-they-refuse-to-add-domestic-violence-as-reason-number-thirteen%2F' rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter\" title=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/d78c52a599aaa8c95ebc-9d8e71b4cb418bfe1b178f82d9996947.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/dsk_sharing\/icons\/ftlg_16.png\" width=64 height=16><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a target='_blank' class='dskSharingIcon dskSharingIcon_linkedin' href='https:\/\/social.milemarkmedia.com\/?site=li&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arwanilawfirm.com%2Fthere-are-only-twelve-legal-reasons-you-can-get-divorced-in-the-state-of-mississippi-they-refuse-to-add-domestic-violence-as-reason-number-thirteen%2F' rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"LinkedIn\" title=\"LinkedIn\" src=\"https:\/\/d78c52a599aaa8c95ebc-9d8e71b4cb418bfe1b178f82d9996947.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/dsk_sharing\/icons\/ftlg_16.png\" width=64 height=16><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking! 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