Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-11 (2026)
Limitation on recovery from father
✓ current as of July 2026
The father's liabilities for past education and necessary support and maintenance and other expenses are limited to a period of one (1) year next preceding the commencement of an action.
Codes, 1942, § 383-03; Laws, 1962, ch. 312, § 3, eff. 7/1/1962.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2021 · leading case: Kelley v. Day, 965 So. 2d 749 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007).
Kelley v. Day, 965 So. 2d 749 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007). “Moreover, a chancellor has the authority to retroactively award child support one year before the filing of paternity action. The Uniform Law on Paternity not only provides for the prospective child support obligation of a parent, but also for the period before the adjudication…”
Burnett v. Burnett, 792 So. 2d 1016 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 93-9-11, 93-9-29, 93-9-45 (Rev.”
State ex rel. Smith v. Early, 934 S.W.2d 655 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-11 (1994). In support of this claim, defendant makes two arguments.”
McClee v. Simmons, 834 So. 2d 61 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002). “Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-11 (Rev.1994). ¶ 11.”
Brown v. Weatherspoon, 101 So. 3d 173 (Miss. Ct. App. 2012). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-11 (Rev.2004). ¶ 18.”
Lee v. Stewart Ex Rel. Summerville, 724 So. 2d 1093 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-11 (Rev.1994) (stating that liability for past child support is "limited to a period of one (1) year next preceding the commencement of an action").”
Parker v. MISS. DHS, 827 So. 2d 18 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002). “Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-11 (Rev. 1994). ¶ 5.”
Hill ex rel. Hill v. Brinkley ex rel. Brinkley, 840 So. 2d 778 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 93-9-11 (Rev.1994). The plain meaning of the statute is that if past support is required (a legal determination to be made by the chancellor) then the most past support that the non-eusto-dial parent can be liable for is one year.”
State, ex rel., Schrita O. v. Robert T. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017). “§ 93-11-65 (8)(a)(i); Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-11 . 4 Tennessee Code Annotated Section 37-1-107(d) states that, “[a]ny party may, within (10) days after entry of the magistrate’s order, file a request with the court for a de novo hearing by the judge of the juvenile court.”
Andrew Friday v. Mississippi Dep't of Human Servs. (Miss. Ct. App. 2021). “A chancellor’s findings, “when supported by substantial evidence,” will not be disturbed on appeal “unless the chancellor abused his discretion, applied an erroneous legal 3 See Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-11 (Rev. 2018) (limiting father’s “liabilities for past education and…”
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