Sections 93-9-1 through 93-9-49 may be cited as the “Mississippi Uniform Law on Paternity.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-1
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Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 503 So. 2d 249 - Baker by Williams v. Williams (1987)
Most recently applied in 930 So. 2d 1246 - Dobbins v. Coleman (April 2006)
Codes, 1942, § 383-24; Laws, 1962, ch. 312, § 24, eff from and after July 1, 1962.
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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.