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Miss. Code Ann. § 93-25-211

Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 93-25-1 to 93-25-903 (80 sections).

Laws, 2015, ch. 367, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2015.

A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:

(1) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state; or

(2) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.