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Mississippi No-Fault Divorce (Minor Children)
Uncontested Divorce

About this Form:  This is a no-fault divorce form for use in Mississippi (BILL OF COMPLAINT OF DIVORCE). Most courts will require that this form be completed along with a Marital Settlement Agreement (Minor Children). Please note that in Paragraph 5 (Grounds for Divorce), the Petitioner will need to specify actual grounds for divorce that are recognized as valid within the State of Mississippi. Mississippi law adheres only the following grounds as adequate for granting a no-fault divorce: Irreconcilable differences.

PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

CHANCERY COURT OF ____________ COUNTY, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

In re: the Marriage of

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Petitioner

and

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Respondent

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The Complainant, _____________, respectfully declares the following:
 
1. Complainant's   Residence:  Complainant resides at ________ [insert Complainant's address] and has been a resident of Mississippi for ________ [insert period of residence in months and years].

2. Defendant's  Residence:  Respondent resides at ________ [insert Defendant's's address] and has been a resident of Mississippi for _______ [insert period of residence in months and years].

3. Marriage:  On _________, _____, in  ________city), ________ (county), _________ (state), the Complainant and Defendant married. An official copy of the marriage license is attached to this PETITION FOR DIVORCE.

4. Children:  Petitioner and Respondent have the following children born or adopted into their marriage:

Name: ______________________ Date of Birth: _________
Name: ______________________ Date of Birth: _________
Name: ______________________ Date of Birth: _________
Name: ______________________ Date of Birth: _________

5. Jurisdiction:  This Court is that of proper jurisdiction to hear this cause. The Respondent has agreed to file an Affidavit of Consent in this cause.  Neither the Petitioner or Respondent has been involved in any litigation or other proceeding involving the other party in this or any other jurisdiction with respect to their marriage or any other domestic matter.

6. Grounds for No-Fault:  Complainant wishes a dissolution of marriage with Respondent based on the following grounds:
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[Note: This paragraph must describe sufficient legal basis for divorce as recognized by the laws of the State of Mississippi. Sufficient basis for a no-fault divorce within Georgia is limited to the following: Irretrievable breakdown of the marriage

7. Marital Settlement Agreement:  Petitioner and Respondent ____ have (copy attached) _____ have not entered into a Marital Settlement Agreement.

8. Other Declarations:
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NOW, THEREFORE, Petitioner requests that the court order a DECREE OF DIVORCE and such further relief as Petitioner may have requested herein.
 

Verification

I, ____________[name of Petitioner], affirm under penalty of perjury that I am the Petitioner in the foregoing BILL OF COMPLAINT OF DIVORCE and that all statements in this Petition are accurate to the best of my knowledge. I have filed this Complaint in good faith and have not colluded with anyone in relation to it.
 

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Petitioner's Signature Date


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Petitioner's Address, Line 1

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Petitioner's Address, Line 2


Subscribed and sworn to before me on this ____ day of ________, 20___.
 
 
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Notary

 

AFFIDAVIT OF CONSENT

CHANCERY COURT OF ___________ COUNTY, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

In re: the Marriage of

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Petitioner

and

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Respondent

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1. A PETITION FOR DIVORCE was filed between Petitioner and Respondent on the ________ day of _________, 20____.

2. The marriage between Petitioner and Respondent is irretrievably broken and efforts at reconciliation have failed.

3. I, ___________, have received a copy of the BILL OF COMPLAINT OF DIVORCE, and I have read it thoroughly and understand it. I do not wish to contest this proceeding. I do not object to the declarations made in the BILL OF COMPLAINT OF DIVORCE. I do hereby consent to the relief requested in therein and to the entry of a DECREE OF DIVORCE dissolving and forever terminating the marriage between Complainant and Defendant. I consent that the court may hear this cause on any day convenient to the court without further notice to me. I further consent that the court may enter any order granting any and all the relief sought in the BILL OF COMPLAINT OF DIVORCE.

4. I waive any and all rights I may have to a motion for a new trial, a record testimony, findings of fact and conclusions of law, notice of trial, a notice of entry of a FINAL JUDGEMENT AND DECREE OF DIVORCE and my right to appeal. I do not waive any future rights I may have to the modification of any judgment or decree in relation to this cause.

5. I affirm under penalty of perjury that all statements in this Affidavit of Consent are accurate to the best of my knowledge. I have filed this Affidavit of Consent in good faith and have not colluded with anyone in relation to it, nor have I been subject to any force or duress in signing it.

 

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Signature Date


______________________________
Address, Line 1

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Address, Line 2


STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF ________________

Subscribed and sworn to before me on this ____ day of ________, 20___.
 
 
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Notary