MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Wiggins
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A COURT FROM CONSIDERING INCARCERATION AS INTENTIONAL OR VOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT OR UNDEREMPLOYMENT WHEN ESTABLISHING OR MODIFYING A CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The court may not consider incarceration as intentional or voluntary unemployment or underemployment when establishing or modifying a child-support order.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.