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Divorce in Mississippi

No-fault divorce is available.[1] Each rule below links to the official text it comes from.

Key facts: divorce in Mississippi

No-fault divorceYes (irreconcilable differences)[1] details ↓

Statutes and court rules as checked October 26, 2026. Not legal advice.

What are the divorce laws in Mississippi?

Not legal advice. These are plain-English summaries of Mississippi’s statutes and court rules as of the date shown on each; they can change and courts apply them case by case. Read the linked source or ask a lawyer licensed in Mississippi.

  1. Waiting period

    Not yet verified

    We list a rule only once we can quote it from Mississippi’s statute or court rules.

  2. Residency requirement

    Not yet verified

    We list a rule only once we can quote it from Mississippi’s statute or court rules.

  3. No-fault divorce

    Yes, fault grounds also exist

    Mississippi's chancery court rules provide procedures for divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences and require corroborated testimony in divorces on other grounds, showing that both no-fault and fault-based divorces exist.[1]

    Uniform Chancery Court Rules 8.03 and 8.04 · checked October 26, 2026

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    “In all divorce cases, except on the sole ground of irreconcilable differences and where the statute relieves the plaintiff of the duty, the testimony of the plaintiff must be substantially corroborated.”

  4. Property division

    Not yet verified

    We list a rule only once we can quote it from Mississippi’s statute or court rules.

  5. Court mediation for custody

    Not yet verified

    We list a rule only once we can quote it from Mississippi’s statute or court rules.

  6. Divorce rate

    2.7 per 1,000 residents (2024)

    Mississippi’s courts granted 2.7 divorces per 1,000 residents in 2024, down from 5.0 in 2000; the U.S. rate was 2.3. In the Census Bureau’s 2024 survey, 8.9 of every 1,000 women 15 and older in Mississippi divorced in the past year (±2.0; U.S. 6.9), a different measure.[2][3]

    Divorce rates by state, with sources → · CDC/NCHS NVSS; Census ACS · checked October 27, 2026

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Questions about divorce in Mississippi

Is Mississippi a no-fault divorce state?

Mississippi's chancery court rules provide procedures for divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences and require corroborated testimony in divorces on other grounds, showing that both no-fault and fault-based divorces exist. — Uniform Chancery Court Rules 8.03 and 8.04[1]

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Sources

Mississippi’s statutes and court rules, read on the official site, plus federal statistics; each with the date we checked it.

  1. Uniform Chancery Court Rules 8.03 and 8.04 (Mississippi Judiciary, rev. Apr. 18, 2024)courts.ms.govchecked ↩
  2. CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System: Divorce rates by State: 1990, 1995, and 2000-2024cdc.govchecked ↩
  3. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates, table https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2024.B12503census.govchecked ↩