93-25-109 - Proceeding to determine parentage. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 93-25-109. Proceeding to determine parentage.
 

(1)  A court of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter. 

(2)  In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1997, ch. 588, § 125; Laws, 2004, ch. 406, § 36, eff from and after July 1, 2004.