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In the state of Mississippi, during or following a dissolution of marriage, divorce, or legal separation, the court may grant a dependent spouse alimony payments. Alimony payments are support paid by the more monetarily independent spouse to the more dependent spouse to help them maintain the standard of living established during marriage. There are many factors of consideration the court will look into when making declaring the amount, length, and requirement of alimony payments. Alimony may be required in lump sum or periodic payments.

Any property distributed after the dissolution of the marriage will be taken into consideration when first debating whether or not alimony should be required. Several other factors included in the court decision include, but are not limited to:

• The financial condition of each spouse



• The estates of each party



• the duration of the marriage



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• Social security contributions



• Retirement and disability contributions except any voluntary retirement and disability contributions



• If the absent parent is subject to an existing court order for another child or children, subtract the amount of that court-ordered support



• If the absent parent is also the parent of another child or other children residing with him, then the court may subtract an amount that it deems appropriate to account for the needs of said child or children



• Compute the total annual amount of adjusted gross income based on paragraphs (a) through (d), then divide this amount by twelve (12) to obtain the monthly amount of adjusted gross income.

• wages and salary income



• income from self employment



• income from commissions



• income from investments, including dividends, interest income and income on any trust account or property



• absent parent's portion of any joint income of both parents



• workers' compensation, disability, unemployment, annuity and retirement benefits, including an individual retirement account (IRA)



• any other payments made by any person, private entity, federal or state government or any unit of local government



• alimony



• any income earned from an interest in or from inherited property



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The spouse must be an inhabitant of the state of Mississippi for a minimum a half year preceding the case. On the off chance that an individual from the military is positioned in Mississippi, he or she and his or her life partner are viewed as an inhabitant. The divorce ought to be documented in the region in which either life partner dwells on the off chance that they are the two inhabitants and if the offended party is the primary occupant then in the area in which he or his lives.

A no fault divorce is possible if there are irreconcilable differences between the couple and can be brought to court if they can substantiate the claim and both agree.

The state likewise has laws covering fault divorces. For Mississippi, the courts perceive the accompanying as legitimate motivations to sue for divorce:

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