MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 93-5-9. Minors as parties to divorce proceedings.

A married minor may bring or defend a suit for divorce, separate maintenance and support, temporary maintenance or support, custody of children, or any other action involving marital rights without the necessity of a next friend or guardian ad litem, and a judgment in such cases shall be as effective as if the minor were an adult.

SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 34, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 40, art. 18; 1871, Sec. 1773; 1880, Sec. 1161; 1892, Sec. 1568; 1906, Sec. 1676; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1418; 1930, Sec. 1416; 1942, Sec. 2737; Laws, 1922, ch. 233; 1924, ch. 151; 1958, ch. 272, Sec. 2; 1991, ch. 573, Sec. 130, eff from and after July 1, 1991.


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