Opinion ID: 1646734
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Heading: Whether Margaret-Anne is a necessary party.

Text: ¶ 36. In Vice, this Court held that, even though the child holds the legal right to accrued child support, a former custodial parent may sue to enforce an order even after the child has become emancipated. See Vice, 702 So.2d at 401. See also Brown v. Brown, 822 So.2d 1119, 1121 (Miss.Ct.App.2002).  Either the child or the former custodial parent may bring an action against the defaulting parent. ... Vice, 702 So.2d at 401 (emphasis added). In Vice, the mother attempted to enforce a Louisiana child-support order for payments that accrued while she was supporting the children before they became emancipated. She filed two years after the child reached majority. See id. at 398. ¶ 37. Shelnut's reliance on Taylor v. Taylor, 478 So.2d 310 (Miss.1985), is misplaced. In that case, the father attempted to modify a divorce settlement in which there had been no award of custody or child support because all the children were emancipated at the time of the divorce. See id. at 311-12. ¶ 38. Either Margaret-Anne or Kern could have brought the action. MDHS, representing Kern, filed for enforcement. We find no error.