Mississippi

JURISDICTIONAL END OF MARRIAGE DATE: Bill of Complaint for Divorce. If Complaint not filed use current date.

STATE TYPE FOR PENSION EVALUATION: Mississippi is a "title" state. Each spouse retains his or her property for which they have title. There are no statutory provisions in Mississippi for considerations regarding property division. However, Mississippi has judicially adopted the "equitable division" systems of property division. Recent court decisions have allowed for a wife's contributions to the acquisition of assets to provide the court with authority to divide any jointly accumulated assets on an "equitable" basis. A 1994 case (Ferguson V. Ferguson) spelled out a set of factors for the equitable division of marital property: [Mississippi Case Law].

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