MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 93-5-15. Guardian for insane spouse may sue for divorce.

From and after March 15, 1934 any marital contract heretofore or hereafter solemnized by and under which parties have been duly and legally married, and one of the parties to said marriage contract has, or shall become insane to such an extent that it is necessary for a guardian to be appointed for such party, and the other party to such marital contract shall have committed any act which constitutes ground for divorce under the present laws, the guardian for such innocent or incompetent party to such contract of marriage shall have the right to file bill, as such guardian, in the name of his ward, for the dissolution of such marriage, in the same way and manner, and at the same place, and on the same process that said incompetent or insane person could have done, had he not lost his mind.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 2740; Laws, 1934, ch. 306.


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