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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-93 > 25 > 93-25-85§ 93-25-85. Effect of registration for enforcement.
(1) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
(2) A registered order issued in another state is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
Sources: Laws, 1997, ch. 588, § 113, eff from and after July 1, 1997.
