Domestic abuse divorce bill moves ahead
A bill defining domestic violence in is on its way to the governor’s desk.
Divorce debate still rolling at Mississippi Capitol
The Mississippi Senate is reviving a proposal to make divorce less complicated for victims of domestic abuse.
Miss. lawmaker flips to support domestic abuse as divorce reason
A Mississippi lawmaker breathed life back into a proposal Monday to make domestic abuse a reason for divorce, after coming under fire recently for killing a similar measure.
Miss. legislators kill domestic abuse divorce bill
Supporters of a bill that would have added domestic abuse as grounds for divorce in Mississippi were outraged after it died in a House committee, whose chairman argued that the legislature shouldn’t pass measures “opening the floodgates” to more divorces.
Divorce granted to Miss. same-sex couple
Two years after their divorce filing got entangled in Mississippi’s efforts to prevent same-sex marriage, a judge Tuesday dissolved the legal union of Lauren Czekala-Chatham and Dana Ann Melancon.
Miss. Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce
The Mississippi Supreme Court voted to allow a lesbian couple to seek a divorce, even as two justices questioned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage and suggested that landmark ruling has no constitutional basis.
Miss. justices dislike delay in gay-divorce ruling
Two Mississippi Supreme Court justices said Thursday that the court should find the state’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and not wait for a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Miss. high court hears arguments over same-sex divorce
Mississippi, which does not allow same-sex marriages, should find a way to grant a divorce to a DeSoto County woman who married another woman in California in 2008.
Appeal leaves gay marriage status in limbo
For weeks, Rebecca “Becky” Bickett and her longtime partner Andrea Sanders kept a bag packed with wedding clothes.
Miss. appeal on gay-marriage set for Jan. 9
Three federal appeals court judges will hear arguments next month about Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Date set in Mississippi same-sex divorce case
The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 21 from a woman who wants the state to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce.
ACLU wants to file brief in same-sex divorce case
The American Civil Liberties Union wants to file a brief in support of a woman who wants the state of Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce.
AG briefs due in same-sex divorce case
The state Attorney General’s Office has until Aug. 14 to file briefs in a case involving a DeSoto County woman who wants Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce.
In some states, gays fight for right to divorce
Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham wants to force Mississippi, one of the America’s most conservative states, to recognize her same-sex marriage. She hopes to do so by getting a divorce.
Zimmerman’s wife seeks life insurance policy, dogs
SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman’s wife is asking that he pay for a permanent life insurance policy with her named as the beneficiary, according to
Getting divorced? Stay off Facebook
Facebook is reuniting long-lost friends, but it’s also being used to rekindle old flames. The good news for divorce lawyers is that many of those old flames are married.