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Miss. Code Ann. § 93-25-615

Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 93–93 (80 sections).

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

Except as otherwise provided in Section 93-25-711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consenttomodification of a child-support order otherwise required of theindividualpursuant to Section 93-25-611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.

An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling 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.