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Chapter 1 - Marriage
§ 93-1-3. Unlawful marriage; effect of marrying outside of and returning to state - Any attempt to evade Section 93-1-1 by marrying out of...
§ 93-1-9. Noncompliance with §§ 93-1-5 and 93-1-7 not to affect validity of solemnized marriage followed by cohabitation - The failure to comply with the provisions of Sections 93-1-5...
§ 93-1-13. License essential - A marriage shall not be contracted or solemnized unless a...
§ 93-1-17. By whom marriages may be solemnized - Any minister of the gospel ordained according to the rules...
§ 93-1-18. Validation of certain marriages performed by mayors - Any marriages performed by a mayor of a municipality prior...
§ 93-1-19. Marriage may be solemnized according to religious customs - It shall be lawful for a pastor of any religious...
§ 93-1-23. Custodian of records relating to marriage licenses - The clerk of the circuit court in each county shall...
Chapter 3 - Husband and Wife
§ 93-3-1. Disability of coverture abolished; cause of action for loss of consortium of husband - Married women are fully emancipated from all disability on account...
§ 93-3-3. May sue each other - Husband and wife may sue each other.
§ 93-3-5. Dower and curtesy abolished - Dower and curtesy, as heretofore known, are abolished.
§ 93-3-7. Restrictions on contracts between husband and wife - Husband and wife shall not contract with each other, so...
§ 93-3-9. Validity of conveyance or lease between spouses - A transfer or conveyance of goods and chattels, or lands,...
§ 93-3-11. Removal of disabilities of minority of certain married persons with respect to homestead transactions; presumption of occupancy - The disabilities of minority of any married minor having attained...
§ 93-3-13. Liability of husband for property or income of wife - If the husband receive and appropriate to his own use...
Chapter 5 - Divorce and Alimony
§ 93-5-1. Causes for divorce - Divorces from the bonds of matrimony may be decreed to...
§ 93-5-3. Not mandatory to deny divorce because of recrimination - If a complainant or cross-complainant in a divorce action shall...
§ 93-5-4. Offended spouse's failure to leave marital domicile or separate from offending spouse no impediment to divorce - It shall be no impediment to a divorce that the...
§ 93-5-5. Residence requirements for divorce - The jurisdiction of the chancery court in suits for divorce...
§ 93-5-7. Conduct of divorce proceedings - The proceedings to obtain a divorce shall be by complaint...
§ 93-5-9. Minors as parties to divorce proceedings - A married minor may bring or defend a suit for...
§ 93-5-11. Filing of complaints; transfer of venue - All complaints, except those based solely on the ground of...
§ 93-5-13. Guardian ad litem - If the defendant is an infant or a person with...
§ 93-5-15. Guardian for spouse who becomes mentally ill may sue for divorce - From and after March 15, 1934, any marital contract previously...
§ 93-5-19. Witnesses; depositions - In the trial of suits for divorce, witnesses may be...
§ 93-5-21. Exclusion of spectators from courtroom - The court may, in its discretion, exclude all persons from...
§ 93-5-23. Custody of children; alimony; effect of military duty on custody and visitation - When a divorce shall be decreed from the bonds of...
§ 93-5-24. Types of custody awarded by court; joint custody; no presumption in favor of maternal custody; access to information pertaining to child by noncustodial parent; restrictions on custody by parent with history of perpetrating family violence... - In making an order for custody to either parent or...
§ 93-5-25. Effect of judgment of divorce - The judgment of divorce shall not render illegitimate the children...
§ 93-5-26. Noncustodial parent's right of access to records and information pertaining to minor children - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, except those provisions protecting...
§ 93-5-27. Marital rights cease with judgment of divorce - In all cases of divorce from the bonds of matrimony,...
§ 93-5-29. Divorced persons not to cohabit - If any person who shall be divorced on account of...
§ 93-5-31. Judgment of divorce may be revoked - The judgment of divorce from the bonds of matrimony may...
§ 93-5-33. Statistical requirements - All complaints for divorce shall name the parties to the...
Chapter 7 - Annulment of Marriage
§ 93-7-1. Annulment of void marriages - All bigamous or incestuous marriages are void, and a declaration...
§ 93-7-3. Causes for annulment of marriages - A marriage may be annulled for any one (1) of...
§ 93-7-5. Legitimation of issue - Except for incestuous marriages, the issue of the parties to...
§ 93-7-7. Custody of children - When an annulment shall be adjudged or a marriage declared...
§ 93-7-9. Filing of complaint - The complaint for annulment shall be filed in the county...
§ 93-7-11. Jurisdiction; pleading; process - The chancery courts of the State of Mississippi shall have...
§ 93-7-13. Duty of court to make report - It shall be the duty of the chancery clerk to...
Chapter 9 - Parentage
Uniform Law on Paternity
§ 93-9-1. Short title - Sections 93-9-1 through 93-9-49 may be cited as the "Mississippi...
§ 93-9-3. Construction - Nothing herein contained shall be construed as abridging the power...
§ 93-9-5. Application of Uniform Law on Paternity - Sections 93-9-1 through 93-9-49 apply to all cases of birth...
§ 93-9-7. Obligations of father - The father of a child which is or may be...
§ 93-9-11. Limitation on recovery from father - The father's liabilities for past education and necessary support and...
§ 93-9-13. Limitation on recovery from father's estate - The obligation of the estate of the father for liabilities...
§ 93-9-15. Jurisdiction and remedies; right to trial by jury - The county court, the circuit court, or the chancery court...
§ 93-9-19. Time of trial; perpetuation of testimony - If the issue of paternity is raised in an action...
§ 93-9-21. Blood tests and other tests; enforcement of order to submit; notice of witnesses testifying as to sexual intercourse with mother - If any party refuses to submit to such tests, the...
§ 93-9-25. Blood tests and other tests; costs; compensation of experts - The costs of the blood or other tests required by...
§ 93-9-30. Full faith and credit to foreign paternity determinations - In any proceeding in Mississippi, either before a court or...
§ 93-9-33. Commitment for contempt - The court also has power, on default as aforesaid, to...
§ 93-9-37. False declaration of identity - The making of a false complaint as to the identity...
§ 93-9-39. Probation - Upon a failure to give security as provided herein, the...
§ 93-9-41. Appeals - An appeal in all cases may be taken by the...
§ 93-9-43. Prosecuting official - It shall be the duty of the county attorney, in...
§ 93-9-45. Costs - If the court makes an order of filiation, declaring paternity...
§ 93-9-47. No explicit reference to illegitimacy to appear in certain records - In all records, certificates or other papers hereafter made or...
§ 93-9-49. Settlement agreements - An agreement of settlement with the alleged father is binding...
Death of Mother or Child
§ 93-9-71. Death of mother; effect on paternity proceeding - The death of the mother shall not abate the paternity...
§ 93-9-73. Dying declarations of mother - In all proceedings to determine the parentage of a child...
§ 93-9-75. Death of child; effect on paternity proceeding - The death of the child, if the mother be living...
Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Support of Dependents
In General -
Orders for Withholding
§ 93-11-101. Definitions - As used in Sections 93-11-101 through 93-11-119, the following words...
§ 93-11-103. Entry of order for withholding; content; copies; duration; withholding from lump-sum payment made by employer to employee who owes child support arrearage - An employer to whom this section applies shall notify the...
§ 93-11-116. Order for withholding based upon support order from foreign jurisdiction; procedural requirements - An obligee who seeks a wage withholding order based upon...
Suspension of State-Issued Licenses, Permits or Registrations for Noncompliance with Child Support Order
§ 93-11-151. Intent - In addition to other requirements necessary for holding a license,...
§ 93-11-153. Definitions - As used in Sections 93-11-151 through 93-11-163, the following words...
§ 93-11-159. Interagency agreements - The licensing entities subject to Sections 93-11-151 through 93-11-161 may...
§ 93-11-161. Adoption of regulations - The department shall adopt regulations as necessary to carry out...
§ 93-11-163. Suspension of license - In addition to the procedures in Section 93-11-157, the court...
Chapter 12 - Enforcement of Child Support Orders from Foreign Jurisdictions
§ 93-12-17. Voluntary order for withholding - Any person who is the obligor in a support order...
§ 93-12-19. Application of state laws to actions and proceedings - The laws of this state shall apply in all actions...
Chapter 13 - Parental Guardianship
Wards, Generally
§ 93-13-1. Parental guardianship of minor children - The father and mother are the joint natural guardians of...
§ 93-13-7. Testamentary guardians; appointment - Any parent, even though under twenty-one (21) years of age,...
§ 93-13-17. Bond and oath of guardian - Every guardian, before he shall have authority to act, shall,...
§ 93-13-41. Care of real estate - A guardian shall not commit waste on the real estate...
§ 93-13-51. Sale of land; title validated - The sole compensation of the guardian, clerk or commissioner for...
§ 93-13-73. Vouchers; production for inspection - In every case where, under the provisions of this chapter,...
Persons in Need of Mental Treatment
§ 93-13-111. Appointment of guardians of person and estate, or either, for persons in need of mental treatment - Repealed by Laws, 2019, ch. 463, § 12, eff from...
Incompetent Persons, Convicts, Drunkards and Drug Addicts
§ 93-13-125. Persons of unsound mind; guardian for resident confined but not properly adjudged mentally unsound - The chancery court of any county in which may be...
§ 93-13-127. Persons of unsound mind; qualifications and powers of guardians; jurisdiction and powers of court - The guardians mentioned in Sections 93-13-123 and 93-13-125 shall have...
Restoration to Reason
§ 93-13-151. Procedure for restoration to reason; discharge of guardian - When any person for whom a guardian has been appointed...
Nonresident Guardians
§ 93-13-181. Appointment of nonresident guardian when ward's property in this state - When any ward resides out of this state, but has...
§ 93-13-183. Non-resident guardian may sue in this state for ward's property - When any minor or person of unsound mind, shall reside...
Small Transactions Performed Without Guardianship -
Conservators
§ 93-13-251. Petition for appointment of conservator; jurisdiction of courts - If a person is incapable of managing his own estate...
§ 93-13-259. Duties and powers of conservator - Should the court appoint the conservator of the property or...
Joinder of Parties in Suits Involving Wards
§ 93-13-281. Joinder of parties in suits involving wards - In all proceedings involving a ward and brought under Chapter...
Chapter 14 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act
Article 1 - General provisions
§ 93-14-101. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Adult Guardianship...
§ 93-14-102. Definitions - [Effective from and after January 1, 2020, this section will...
§ 93-14-103. International application of chapter - A court of this state may treat a foreign country...
§ 93-14-104. Communication between courts - A court of this state may communicate with a court...
§ 93-14-105. Cooperation between courts - In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this state, a...
§ 93-14-106. Taking testimony in another state - In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other...
Article 2 - Jurisdiction
§ 93-14-201. Definitions; significant connection factors - In this article: In determining under Section 93-14-203 and Section...
§ 93-14-202. Exclusive basis - This article provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a court...
§ 93-14-203. Jurisdiction - A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a...
§ 93-14-204. Special jurisdiction - A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under Section 93-14-203(1)...
§ 93-14-205. Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction - Except as otherwise provided in Section 93-14-204, a court that...
§ 93-14-206. Appropriate forum - A court of this state having jurisdiction under Section 93-14-203...
§ 93-14-207. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct - If at any time a court of this state determines...
§ 93-14-208. Notice of proceeding - If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or...
§ 93-14-209. Proceedings in more than one state - Except for a petition for the appointment of a guardian...
Article 3 - Transfer of Guardianship or Conservatorship
§ 93-14-301. Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship - A guardian or conservator appointed in this state may petition...
§ 93-14-302. Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state - [Effective from and after January 1, 2020, this section will...
Article 4 - Registration and recognition of orders from other states
§ 93-14-401. Registration of guardianship orders - If a guardian has been appointed in another state and...
§ 93-14-402. Registration of protective orders - If a conservator has been appointed in another state and...
§ 93-14-403. Effect of registration - Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from another...
Article 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 93-14-501. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 93-14-502. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...
§ 93-14-503. - [Reserved for future codification purposes.]
§ 93-14-504. Transitional provision - This chapter applies to guardianship and protective proceedings begun on...
Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law
§ 93-15-101. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 93-15-103. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, unless a different meaning is...
§ 93-15-115. Involuntary termination when child in care and custody or under the supervision of the Department of Child Protection Services pursuant to youth court proceedings and reasonable efforts for reunification are required; standard of proof - When reasonable efforts for reunification are required for a child...
§ 93-15-117. Involuntary termination when child in care and custody or under supervision of the Department of Child Protection Services pursuant to youth court proceedings and reasonable efforts for reunification are not required; standard of proof - When reasonable efforts for reunification are not required, a court...
§ 93-15-121. Grounds for termination - Any of the following, if established by clear and convincing...
§ 93-15-123. Court discretion not to terminate - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the court may...
§ 93-15-125. Compliance with Indian Child Welfare Act - In any proceeding under this chapter, where the court knows...
§ 93-15-127. Effect on another parent's rights - Termination under this chapter of a parent's parental rights does...
§ 93-15-129. Petitions involving sexual abuse or serious bodily injury treated as preference case - In any case where a child has been removed from...
§ 93-15-133. Review by Supreme Court - Appeal from a final judgment on the termination of parental...
Chapter 16 - Grandparents' Visitation Rights
§ 93-16-1. Jurisdiction of court to grant grandparents visitation rights with minor child - Any court of this state which is competent to decide...
§ 93-16-5. Parties to proceeding; discretion of court in granting, enforcing, modifying or terminating rights - All persons required to be made parties in child custody...
§ 93-16-7. Application of chapter - This chapter shall not apply to the granting of visitation...
Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children
Article 1 - In General
§ 93-17-11. Investigation; interlocutory decree; appeal - At any time after the filing of the petition for...
§ 93-17-12. Authority of court to impose fee for court-ordered home study relating to child custody matters and in all adoptions - In any child custody matter hereafter filed in any chancery...
§ 93-17-14. Home study in international adoptions valid for 24 months - In the case of international adoptions, a home study of...
§ 93-17-15. Limitation on action to set aside final decree - No action shall be brought to set aside any final...
§ 93-17-17. Grounds for setting aside proceedings limited - For all purposes of this chapter, the chancery court shall...
§ 93-17-19. Costs - All costs of the proceeding shall be taxed in the...
§ 93-17-23. Re-adoption - Any child heretofore adopted under the laws of the State...
§ 93-17-25. Proceedings and records confidential; use in court or administrative proceedings - All proceedings under this chapter shall be confidential and shall...
§ 93-17-27. References to marital status of natural parents prohibited - No reference shall be required to be made to the...
§ 93-17-29. References to parents and child in docket entries and decrees - The docket entries and decrees spread upon the minutes of...
§ 93-17-31. Clerks to keep separate index, docket and minute books - The several chancery clerks shall obtain and keep a separate,...
Article 3 - Adoption Supplemental Benefits Law
§ 93-17-51. Short title - Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67 shall be known and may be...
§ 93-17-53. Purpose - The purpose of Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67 is to supplement...
§ 93-17-55. Definitions - As used in Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67, the word "child"...
§ 93-17-57. Supplemental benefits program; funding - The state department of public welfare shall establish and administer...
§ 93-17-59. Eligibility - Any child meeting criteria specified in Section 93-17-55 for whom...
§ 93-17-63. Confidentiality - All records regarding such adoption shall be confidential. Anyone violating...
§ 93-17-65. Promulgation of rules and regulations - The state department of public welfare shall promulgate rules and...
§ 93-17-69. Financial support for nonrecurring adoption expenses under certain circumstances - The Department of Child Protection Services is authorized to provide...
Article 5 - Interstate Agreements for Protection of Children Being Provided Adoption Assistance
§ 93-17-105. Interstate compacts; requirements - A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by...
§ 93-17-109. Inclusion of federal aid in certain state plans - Consistent with federal law, the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare...
Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act
§ 93-17-201. Short title - Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223 may be cited as the "Mississippi...
§ 93-17-203. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...
§ 93-17-205. Centralized adoption records file established; contents; filing of supplemental information; authorization to release birth parent's identity; notification of genetic illness - The Administrative Office of Courts shall assist the bureau in...
§ 93-17-211. Civil and criminal immunity for persons acting under Adoption Confidentiality Act - Any person, including this state or any political subdivision of...
§ 93-17-213. Promulgation of rules and regulations; fees - The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry...
§ 93-17-215. Request by adoptee for identifying information - Any person twenty-one (21) years of age or over who...
§ 93-17-217. Identification and counseling of requesting adoptee; release of information by bureau - Provided the birth parent has not filed an affidavit prohibiting...
§ 93-17-221. Petition in chancery court for disclosure of identifying information - The adoptee may petition the chancery court to order the...
§ 93-17-223. One birth parent prohibited from divulging identity of other parent - In cases where only one (1) of the birth parents...
Article 9 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Adoptions Act
§ 93-17-301. Short title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 93-17-307. Forms - The petition shall be accompanied by the documentation indicated on...
Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority
§ 93-19-1. Removal of disability as to real estate - The chancery court of the county in which a minor...
§ 93-19-3. Application; defendants - The application therefor shall be made in writing by the...
§ 93-19-5. Application; when defendants are not necessary - If the parent or parents then living, or, if they...
§ 93-19-7. Trial and decree - When the proper persons have been made parties to the...
§ 93-19-9. Terms of decree - The decree may be for the partial removal of the...
§ 93-19-11. Married minor not under disability for purpose of action involving marital rights - A married minor shall not be under the disability of...
§ 93-19-13. Persons eighteen years of age or older competent to contract in matters affecting personal property - All persons eighteen (18) years of age or older, if...
Chapter 20 - Guardianship and Conservatorship
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 93-20-101. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the Mississippi Guardianship and...
§ 93-20-102. Definitions - In this chapter: "Adult" means an individual at least twenty-one...
§ 93-20-103. Supplemental principles of law and equity applicable - Unless displaced by a particular provision of this chapter, the...
§ 93-20-109. Effect of acceptance of appointment - By accepting appointment, a guardian or conservator submits to the...
§ 93-20-110. Co-guardian; co-conservator - When the court deems appropriate, the co-guardian or co-conservator must...
§ 93-20-114. Waiver of notice - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person may...
§ 93-20-115. Guardian ad litem - The court at any time may appoint a guardian ad...
§ 93-20-117. Disclosure of bankruptcy or criminal history - Before accepting appointment as a guardian or conservator, a person...
§ 93-20-120. Liability of guardian or conservator for act of ward - A guardian or conservator is not personally liable to another...
§ 93-20-125. Transition provisions - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: This chapter applies...
Article 2 - Guardianship of Minor
§ 93-20-203. Notice of hearing for appointment of guardian for minor - "THE RELIEF SOUGHT HEREIN MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU...
§ 93-20-204. Attorney for minor - The court may appoint an attorney to represent a minor...
Article 3 - Guardianship of Adult
§ 93-20-302. Petition for appointment of guardian for adult - "THE RELIEF SOUGHT HEREIN MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU...
§ 93-20-304. Appointment of guardian ad litem - The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to any...
§ 93-20-310. Notice of order of appointment; rights - 1. For a period of not more than seven (7)...
Article 4 - Conservatorship
§ 93-20-402. Petition for appointment of conservator; notice - "THE RELIEF SOUGHT IN THIS PETITION MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL...
§ 93-20-403. Notice and hearing for appointment of conservator - Each of the spouse, children, parents and siblings of the...
§ 93-20-404. Order to preserve or apply property while proceeding pending - While a petition under Section 93-20-402 is pending, after preliminary...
§ 93-20-405. Appointment and role of guardian ad litem - The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to any...
§ 93-20-406. Appointment of attorney - If the respondent in a proceeding for appointment of a...
§ 93-20-415. Petition for order after appointment - A ward or a person interested in the welfare of...
§ 93-20-416. Bond; oath; waiver; financial institutions; alternative asset-protection arrangement - Click to view The conservator must also take and subscribe...
§ 93-20-422. Distribution from conservatorship estate - Except as otherwise provided in Section 93-20-414 or qualified or...
§ 93-20-425. Transaction involving conflict of interest - A transaction involving a conservatorship estate which is affected by...
Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse
Article 1 - Protection from Domestic Abuse Law
§ 93-21-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 93-21-3. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 93-21-19. Testimony by spouses not to be restricted - There shall be no restrictions concerning a spouse testifying against...
§ 93-21-23. Participants in reports or proceedings presumed acting in good faith; immunity from liability - Any licensed doctor of medicine, licensed doctor of dentistry, intern,...
§ 93-21-25. Mississippi Protection Order Registry; certain orders to be maintained in registry; duties of clerk of issuing court; process for entry and removal of orders - Any information regarding the registration or issuance of a civil...
§ 93-21-27. Immunity of law enforcement officers for arrests arising from incidents of domestic violence - A law enforcement officer shall not be held liable in...
§ 93-21-29. Proceedings to be in addition to other civil or criminal remedies - Any proceeding under this chapter shall be in addition to...
§ 93-21-33. Domestic Violence Task Force created; membership, duties and responsibilities - The members of the task force shall serve at the...
Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters
§ 93-21-101. Definitions - As used in Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113, unless the context...
§ 93-21-103. Domestic violence shelters - There is hereby established a program for victims of domestic...
§ 93-21-111. Annual report - A domestic violence shelter that receives funds pursuant to the...
§ 93-21-113. Reporting criminal acts or omissions to law enforcement personnel; filing charges against offender; plea bargaining - Domestic violence shelters through their employees and officials shall, on...
§ 93-21-115. Donations from municipalities to support local shelters - The governing authorities of any municipality in the state are...
§ 93-21-119. Office Against Interpersonal Violence (OAIV) established; OAIV Advisory Board; purpose, membership - All appointees must have general knowledge or first-hand knowledge, or...
Article 5 - Children's Trust Fund Act
§ 93-21-301. Short title - Sections 93-21-301 through 93-21-311 shall be known as the "Children's...
§ 93-21-303. Declaration of policy - The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and declares...
§ 93-21-307. Administration of fund; powers and duties of Division of Family and Children's Services - The administration of the Mississippi Children's Trust Fund shall be...
§ 93-21-311. Criteria for making grant or loan - In making grants or loans from the trust fund, the...
Chapter 22 - Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders
§ 93-22-1. Short title - The provisions of this chapter may be cited as the...
§ 93-22-3. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...
§ 93-22-11. Immunity - This state or a local governmental agency, or a law...
§ 93-22-13. Transitional provision - This chapter applies to any protection order issued before July...
§ 93-22-15. Other remedies - Pursuit of remedies under this chapter does not preclude a...
§ 93-22-17. Severability clause - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...
Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
§ 93-25-101. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family...
§ 93-25-102. Definitions - In this chapter: Which has been declared under the law...
§ 93-25-103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency - The chancery courts, circuit and county courts, and tribal courts...
§ 93-25-104. Remedies cumulative - Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not...
§ 93-25-105. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding - A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through...
§ 93-25-107 through 93-25-117. - Repealed by Laws of 2015, ch. 367, § 2, effective...
§ 93-25-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident - In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order...
§ 93-25-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in...
§ 93-25-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state - Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve...
§ 93-25-204. Simultaneous proceedings - A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish...
§ 93-25-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction - A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support...
§ 93-25-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order - A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support...
§ 93-25-207. Determination of controlling child-support order - If a proceeding is brought under this chapter, and only...
§ 93-25-208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees - In responding to registrations or complaints for enforcement of two...
§ 93-25-209. Credit for payments - A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for...
§ 93-25-210. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction - A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a...
§ 93-25-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order - A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent...
Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application
§ 93-25-301. Proceedings under chapter - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies...
§ 93-25-302. Proceeding by minor parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...
§ 93-25-304. Duties of initiating tribunal - Upon the filing of a complaint authorized by this chapter,...
§ 93-25-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal - When a responding tribunal of this state receives a complaint...
§ 93-25-306. Inappropriate tribunal - If a complaint or comparable pleading is received by an...
§ 93-25-307. Duties of support enforcement agency - In a proceeding under this chapter, a support enforcement agency...
§ 93-25-308. Duty of the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services - If the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services...
§ 93-25-309. Private counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
§ 93-25-310. Duties of Department of Human Services - The Department of Human Services is the state information agency...
§ 93-25-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents - In a proceeding under this chapter, a complainant seeking to...
§ 93-25-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...
§ 93-25-313. Costs and fees - The complainant may not be required to pay a filing...
§ 93-25-314. Limited immunity of complainant - Participation by a complainant in a proceeding under this chapter...
§ 93-25-315. Nonparentage as defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...
§ 93-25-316. Special rules of evidence and procedure - The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an...
§ 93-25-317. Communications between tribunals - A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal...
§ 93-25-318. Assistance with discovery - A tribunal of this state may:
§ 93-25-319. Receipt and disbursement of payments - A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall...
Article 4 - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage
§ 93-25-401. Establishment of support order - If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter...
§ 93-25-402. Proceeding to determine parentage - A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of...
Article 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration
§ 93-25-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...
§ 93-25-502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state - Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall...
§ 93-25-503. Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders of another state - If an obligor's employer receives two (2) or more income-withholding...
§ 93-25-504. Immunity from civil liability - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...
§ 93-25-505. Penalties for noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...
§ 93-25-506. Contest by obligor - An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an...
§ 93-25-507. Administrative enforcement of orders - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a...
Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
Part 1 - . Registration for Enforcement of Support Order
§ 93-25-601. Registration of order for enforcement - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...
§ 93-25-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement - Except as provided in Section 93-25-706, a support order or...
§ 93-25-603. Effect of registration for enforcement - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...
§ 93-25-604. Choice of law - Except as otherwiseprovided in subsection (d), the law of the...
Part 2 - . Contest of Validity or Enforcement
§ 93-25-605. Notice of registration of order - When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another...
§ 93-25-606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order - A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement...
§ 93-25-607. Contest of registration or enforcement - A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered...
§ 93-25-608. Confirmed order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...
Part 3 - . Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State
§ 93-25-609. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
§ 93-25-610. Effect of registration for modification - A tribunal of this state may enforce a child-support order...
§ 93-25-611. Modification of child-support order of another state - If Section 93-25-613 does not apply, upon complaint, a tribunal...
§ 93-25-612. Recognition of order modified in another state - If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this...
§ 93-25-613. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state - If all of the parties who are individuals reside in...
§ 93-25-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification - Within thirty (30) days after issuance of a modified child-support...
Part 4 - . Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order
§ 93-25-615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country - Except as otherwise provided in Section 93-25-711, if a foreign...
§ 93-25-616. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention
§ 93-25-701. Definitions - In this article: Means an agreement for support in a...
§ 93-25-702. Applicability - This article applies only to a support proceeding under the...
§ 93-25-703. Relationship of the Department of Human Services to United States central authority - The Department of Human Services of this state is recognized...
§ 93-25-704. Initiation by the Department of Human Services of support proceeding under Convention - In a support proceeding under this article, the Department of...
§ 93-25-705. Direct request - A complainant may file a direct request seeking establishment or...
§ 93-25-706. Registration of Convention support order - Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party who...
§ 93-25-707. Contest of registered Convention support order - Except as otherwise provided in this article, Sections 93-25-605 through...
§ 93-25-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of...
§ 93-25-709. Partial enforcement - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...
§ 93-25-710. Foreign support agreement - Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a...
§ 93-25-711. Modification of Convention child-support order - A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention...
§ 93-25-712. Personal information; limit on use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be...
§ 93-25-713. Record in original language; English translation - A record filed with a tribunal of this state under...
Article 8 - Interstate Rendition
§ 93-25-801. Grounds for rendition - For purposes of this chapter, "governor" includes an individual performing...
§ 93-25-802. Conditions of rendition - Before making a demand that the governor of another state...
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 93-25-901. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 93-25-902. Transitional provision - This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after July...
§ 93-25-903. Severability - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...
Chapter 27 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
§ 93-27-101. Short title - The provisions of this chapter may be cited as the...
§ 93-27-102. Definitions - In this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have...
§ 93-27-103. Proceedings governed by other law - This chapter does not govern an adoption proceeding or a...
§ 93-27-106. Effect of child-custody determination - A child custody determination made by a court of this...
§ 93-27-107. Priority - If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under...
§ 93-27-203. Jurisdiction to modify determination - Except as otherwise provided in Section 93-27-204, a court of...
Article 3 - Enforcement
§ 93-27-307. Simultaneous proceedings - If a proceeding for enforcement under this Article 3 is...
§ 93-27-309. Service of petition and order - Except as otherwise provided in Section 93-27-311, the petition and...
§ 93-27-313. Recognition and enforcement - A court of this state shall accord full faith and...
§ 93-27-314. Appeals - An appeal may be taken from a final order in...
§ 93-27-316. Role of law enforcement - At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public...
§ 93-27-317. Costs and expenses - If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court...
Article 4 - Miscellaneous
§ 93-27-401. Codification - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 93-27-402. Prior proceedings and determinations - A motion or other request for relief made in a...
Chapter 29 - Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act
§ 93-29-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Child Abduction...
§ 93-29-3. Definitions - In this chapter:
§ 93-29-5. Cooperation and communication among courts - Sections 93-27-110, 93-27-111 and 93-27-112 apply to cooperation and communications...
§ 93-29-7. Actions for abduction prevention measures - A court on its own motion may order abduction prevention...
§ 93-29-9. Jurisdiction - A petition under this chapter may be filed only in...
§ 93-29-11. Contents of petition - A petition under this chapter must be verified and include...
§ 93-29-13. Factors to determine risk of abduction - In determining whether there is a credible risk of abduction...
§ 93-29-15. Provisions and measures to prevent abduction - If a petition is filed under this chapter, the court...
§ 93-29-17. Warrant to take physical custody of child - If a petition under this chapter contains allegations, and the...
§ 93-29-19. Duration of abduction prevention order - An abduction prevention order remains in effect until the earliest...
§ 93-29-21. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given...
§ 93-29-23. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...
Chapter 31 - Supporting and Strengthening Families Act
§ 93-31-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 93-31-5. Statutory form of power of attorney to delegate parental or legal authority - Click to view Click to view Statutory Form for Power...
§ 93-31-7. Attorney-in-fact not subject to child care facility licensing or foster care licensing statutes - When authority is delegated under Section 93-31-3 by a parent...