2023
Regular Session
Child support for pregnant women; provide authority to allow court to order.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COURT-ORDERED SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN OUT OF LAWFUL MATRIMONY; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHANCERY COURT TO AWARD SUPPORT TO PREGNANT WOMEN OUT OF MATRIMONY; TO DEFINE UNBORN CHILD; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE FATHER EXTEND TO THE SUPPORT OF THE MOTHER OF AN UNBORN CHILD; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE PETITIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MOTHER OF AN UNBORN CHILD; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LIMITATION ON RECOVERY OF SUPPORT FROM A FATHER; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LIMITATION ON RECOVERY OF SUPPORT FROM A FATHER'S ESTATE; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION THAT PREGNANCY HALTS THE CUSTODY OR SUPPORT HEARINGS; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROCEDURES FOR VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PATERNITY; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A COURT ORDER MAY INCLUDE THE SUPPORT OF THE MOTHER OF AN UNBORN CHILD; TO AMEND SECTION 93-9-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE THE SUPPORT OF THE MOTHER OF AN UNBORN CHILD AS A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FATHER OF THE CHILD; TO AMEND SECTION 93-11-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE EXPENSES TO THE PREGNANT MOTHER IN THE CUSTODY PROVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 93-11-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT CAN INCLUDE SUPPORT OF THE PREGNANT MOTHER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 93-11-101 AND 93-11-153, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE SUPPORT OF THE PREGNANT MOTHER IN THE ORDER OF SUPPORT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-19-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DUTIES OF THE CHILD SUPPORT UNIT TO INCLUDE THE SUPPORT OF PREGNANT WOMEN; TO AMEND SECTION 43-19-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STIPULATED AGREEMENT BETWEEN A FATHER AND THE PREGNANT WOMAN OF HIS UNBORN CHILD MAY INCLUDE THE SUPPORT OF THE MOTHER; TO AMEND SECTION 43-19-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE PREGNANT MOTHERS WHO RECEIVE GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHILD SUPPORT UNIT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-19-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT TO CONSIDER THE EXPENSES TO THE PREGNANT MOTHER FOR CHILD SUPPORT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 93-9-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS TO PROVIDE REMEDIES FOR SUPPORT ORDERS INCLUDING PREGNANCY, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 93-9-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES BLOOD TESTS FOR PATERNITY TESTING, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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