Jones v. Jones

¶ 59. The question before us is whether Rachel Jones established the ground for divorce of habitual cruel and inhuman treatment.11 The chancellor found that the cumulative effect of the husband’s behavior was sufficient to establish the ground of habitual cruel and inhuman treatment. The majority agrees. Based on my reading of the supreme court precedent, I cannot agree with the majority’s holding; therefore, I dissent.

¶ 60. A crucial fact to my decision is that Rachel and Steven Jones were married twice. They first married in 1991 and divorced the following year. They remarried on December…