As Amended
SEC. 93-21-16. Full faith and credit for foreign domestic violence orders.
(1) * * * A protective order from another jurisdiction issued to protect the applicant from domestic violence as defined in Section 97-3-7, or a protection order as defined in Section 93-22-3 of this act, issued by a tribunal of another state shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced in this state as provided for in the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
(2) A protective order from another jurisdiction, or a protection order as defined in Section 93-22-3 of this act and issued by a tribunal of another state, is presumed to be valid if it meets the requirements of Section 93-22-5(d) of this act.
(3) It is an affirmative defense in any action seeking enforcement of a protective order issued in another jurisdiction, or a protection order as defined in Section 93-22-3 of this act and issued by a tribunal of another state, that any criteria for the validity of the order is absent.
SOURCES: Added by Laws 1999, Ch. 434, Sec. 1; Laws 1999, Ch. 552; Laws, 2004, ch. 566, § 11, SB 2992, eff from and after July 1, 2004.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2004