Grounds as a Bargaining Chip

Mississippi is still a fault based state.  Unless the parties agree to be divorced on irreconcilable differences, the parties have to prove grounds for divorce.  Many times, this is a bargaining chip when one party really wants a divorce and they cannot prove grounds.  This has often been called the divorce blackmail.  There has been some talk of amending this in the legislature to make a true no-fault divorce ground in Mississippi (i.e. a party simply has to say they want a divorce and the other parties' consent is not needed).