Section 93-25-603 – Effect of registration for enforcement

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi

(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

Miss. Code ยง 93-25-603

Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 367, SB 2301, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.