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§ 93-25-65. Petition to establish support order.
 

(1)  If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if: 

(a) The individual seeking the order resides in another state; or 

(b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state. 

(2)  The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is: 

(a) Presumed father of the child; 

(b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; 

(c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; 

(d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; 

(e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; 

(f) An acknowledged father; 

(g) The mother of the child; or 

(h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding that has not been reversed or vacated. 

(3)  Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 93-25-35. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1997, ch. 588, § 103; Laws, 2004, ch. 406, § 25, eff from and after July 1, 2004.
 

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Mississippi > Title-93 > 25 > 93-25-65

§ 93-25-65. Petition to establish support order.
 

(1)  If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if: 

(a) The individual seeking the order resides in another state; or 

(b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state. 

(2)  The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is: 

(a) Presumed father of the child; 

(b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; 

(c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; 

(d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; 

(e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; 

(f) An acknowledged father; 

(g) The mother of the child; or 

(h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding that has not been reversed or vacated. 

(3)  Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 93-25-35. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1997, ch. 588, § 103; Laws, 2004, ch. 406, § 25, eff from and after July 1, 2004.
 


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Mississippi > Title-93 > 25 > 93-25-65

§ 93-25-65. Petition to establish support order.
 

(1)  If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if: 

(a) The individual seeking the order resides in another state; or 

(b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state. 

(2)  The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is: 

(a) Presumed father of the child; 

(b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; 

(c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; 

(d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; 

(e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; 

(f) An acknowledged father; 

(g) The mother of the child; or 

(h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding that has not been reversed or vacated. 

(3)  Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 93-25-35. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1997, ch. 588, § 103; Laws, 2004, ch. 406, § 25, eff from and after July 1, 2004.