Mississippi Legislature
2007 Regular Session

House Bill 1242

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History of Actions

Background

Title

Description: Child custody; active military custody not a change in circumstance.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/15 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
2 01/30 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective datePassage
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committee:

Principal Author: Lott

Code Sections: A 093-0005-0024, A 093-0011-0065

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 93-5-24 AND 93-11-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT A COURT FROM MODIFYING AN ORDER OF CHILD CUSTODY IF THE PARTY WHO HAS CUSTODY OF THE CHILD HAS BEEN CALLED TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY; TO PROHIBIT A COURT FROM BASING A BEST INTEREST DETERMINATION ON THE SEPARATION OF A PARENT FROM THE CHILD DUE TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY; TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/30/07 at 18:55.

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