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MS Code § 93-25-701 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-701. Definitions

 In this article:    "Application" means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.   "Central authority" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in Section 93-25-102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.   "Convention support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in Section 93-25-102(5)(D).   "Direct request" means a complaint filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.   "Foreign central authority" means the entity designated by a foreign country described in Section 93-25-102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.   "Foreign support agreement":   "United States central authority" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.    Means an agreement for support in a record that:   Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;   Has been:   Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or   Authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and   May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and   Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.
MS Code § 93-25-702 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-702. Applicability

 This article applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this article is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, this article controls.
MS Code § 93-25-703 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-703. Relationship of the Department of Human Services to United States central authority

 The Department of Human Services of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.
MS Code § 93-25-704 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-704. Initiation by the Department of Human Services of support proceeding under Convention

 In a support proceeding under this article, the Department of Human Services of this state shall:    Transmit and receive applications; and   Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.   Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;   Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under Section 93-25-708(b) (2), (4), or (9);   Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and   Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.    The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:   Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;   Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;   The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:   Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;   Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and   Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.   A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
MS Code § 93-25-705 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-705. Direct request

 A complainant may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.   A complainant may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, Sections 93-25-706 through 93-25-713 apply.   In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:    A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and   An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.    A complainant filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the Department of Human Services.   This article does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
MS Code § 93-25-706 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-706. Registration of Convention support order

 Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in Article 6.   Notwithstanding Sections 93-25-311 and 93-25-602(a), a request for registration of a Convention support order must be accompanied by:    A complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by The Hague Conference on Private International Law;   A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country;   If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;   A record showing the amount of arrearages, if any, and the date the amount was calculated;   A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and   If necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.    A request for registration of a Convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.   A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under Section 93-25-707 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.   The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a Convention support order.
MS Code § 93-25-707 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-707. Contest of registered Convention support order

 Except as otherwise provided in this article, Sections 93-25-605 through 93-25-608 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order.   A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than thirty (30) days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than sixty (60) days after notice of the registration.   If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered Convention support order by the time specified in subsection (b), the order is enforceable.   A contest of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in Section 93-25-708. The contesting party bears the burden of proof.   In a contest of a registered Convention support order, a tribunal of this state:    Is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and   May not review the merits of the order.    A tribunal of this state deciding a contest of a registered Convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision.   A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a Convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.
MS Code § 93-25-708 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order

 Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.   The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order:    Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard;   The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with Section 93-25-201;   The order is not enforceable in the issuing country;   The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure;   A record transmitted in accordance with Section 93-25-706 lacks authenticity or integrity;   A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be filed;   The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state;   Payment, to the extent alleged arrearages have been paid in whole or in part;   In a case in which the defendant neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country:   The order was made in violation of Section 93-25-711.    If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the defendant did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or   If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the defendant did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or   If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a Convention support order under subsection (b)(2), (4), or (9):   The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new Convention support order; and   The Department of Human Services shall take all appropriate measures to request a child-support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under Section 93-25-704.
MS Code § 93-25-709 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-709. Partial enforcement

 If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.
MS Code § 93-25-710 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-710. Foreign support agreement

 Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.   An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:    A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and   A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.   The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state; or   The record submitted under subsection (b) lacks authenticity or integrity.    A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.   In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:   Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;   The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;   A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
MS Code § 93-25-711 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-711. Modification of Convention child-support order

 A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:    The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or   The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.    If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this state, Section 93-25-708(c) applies.
MS Code § 93-25-712 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-712. Personal information; limit on use

 Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
MS Code § 93-25-713 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 93-25-713. Record in original language; English translation

 A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this article must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
MS Code § 93-25-801 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 8 - Interstate Rendition|§ 93-25-801. Grounds for rendition

 For purposes of this chapter, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter.   The governor of this state may:    Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or   On the demand of the governor of another state, surrender an individual found in this state who is charged criminally in the other state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.    A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with this chapter applies to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly committed and has not fled therefrom.
MS Code § 93-25-802 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 8 - Interstate Rendition|§ 93-25-802. Conditions of rendition

 Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least sixty (60) days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail.   If, under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the governor of another state makes a demand that the governor of this state surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the governor may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.   If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor the demand. If the complainant prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
MS Code § 93-25-901 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 93-25-901. Uniformity of application and construction

 In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
MS Code § 93-25-902 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 93-25-902. Transitional provision

 This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after July 1, 2015, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.
MS Code § 93-25-903 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 93-25-903. Severability

 If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
MS Code § 93-27-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 27 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 93-27-101. Short title

 The provisions of this chapter may be cited as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
MS Code § 93-27-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 27 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 93-27-103. Proceedings governed by other law

 This chapter does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.
MS Code § 93-27-104 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 27 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 93-27-104. Application to Indian tribes

  A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USCS Section 1901 et seq., is not subject to this chapter to the extent that it is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act.   A court of this state shall treat a tribe as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying Articles 1 and 2.   A child custody determination made by a tribe under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter must be recognized and enforced under Article 3.
MS Code § 93-27-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 27 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 93-27-105. International application

  A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying Articles 1 and 2.   Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter must be recognized and enforced under Article 3.   A court of this state need not apply this chapter if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.
MS Code § 93-27-106 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 27 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 93-27-106. Effect of child-custody determination

 A child custody determination made by a court of this state that had jurisdiction under this chapter binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this state or notified in accordance with Section 93-27-108 or who have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have been given an opportunity to be heard.   As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is modified.
MS Code § 93-27-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 27 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 93-27-107. Priority

 If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this chapter is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, must be given priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously.
MS Code § 93-27-108 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 27 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 93-27-108. Notice to persons outside state

  Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of this state for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notice must be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice but may be by publication if other means are not effective.   Proof of service may be made in the manner prescribed by the law of this state or by the law of the state in which the service is made.   Notice is not required for the exercise of jurisdiction with respect to a person who submits to the jurisdiction of the court.