Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 93-25-609 (2026)

Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification

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A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Sections 93-25-601 through 93-25-608 if the order has not been registered. A complaint for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 367, SB 2301, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Mississippi Dep't of Human Servs. v. Ben Porter, 237 So. 3d 799 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017).
Mississippi Dep't of Human Servs. v. Ben Porter, 237 So. 3d 799 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Since no support order was issued in Illinois, there was nothing requiring any further action in Illinois, and the dismissal order did not convey jurisdiction on the Illinois court over any future requests for support.”
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