MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC.  93-25-27. Proceedings under chapter.

(1)  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Sections 93-25-27 through 93-25-63 apply to all proceedings under this chapter.

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(2)  An individual or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

SOURCES: 1997 Laws, Chapter 588, Sec. 84, SB2164; Laws, 2004, ch. 406, § 11, SB 2851, eff from and after July 1, 2004.

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2004


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