MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC.  93-25-103. Recognition of order modified in another state.

  If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified * * * by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter, a tribunal of this state:

          (a) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;

 * * *

          (b)  May provide * * * appropriate relief * * * for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and

          (c)  Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.

SOURCES: 1997 Laws, Chapter 588, Sec. 122, SB2164; Laws, 2004, ch. 406, § 34, SB 2851, eff from and after July 1, 2004.

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2004


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