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A paramour is a person who is a love or romantic interest of a married person who is engaging in adultery with the paramour. Spouses engaged in adulterous affairs with paramours sometimes give gifts to their paramours, and often spend marital or community property on such gifts. The non-cheating spouse may pursue a reimbursement claim and ask the court to order the spouse who spent marital assets on a paramour to reimburse the marital or community estate—by returning the gift if it retains its value (jewelry) or replacing the funds with the cheating spouse’s separate property funds.

In Mississippi, adultery is recognized as a ground for divorce and can impact the division of marital assets. When a spouse engages in an adulterous affair and spends marital assets on a paramour, the non-cheating spouse may have a claim for reimbursement. Mississippi law allows for an equitable distribution of marital property during a divorce, which means the court will divide property in a way that is fair, but not necessarily equal. If the court finds that one spouse has dissipated marital assets by giving gifts to a paramour, it may order reimbursement to the marital estate. This could involve returning the gift if it retains its value, such as jewelry, or compensating the marital estate with separate funds from the cheating spouse. The specific outcome will depend on the circumstances of the case and the discretion of the court.

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