93-25-85 - Effect of registration for enforcement. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 93-25-85. Effect of registration for enforcement.
 

(1)  A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. 

(2)  A registered order issued in another state is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state. 

(3)  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1997, ch. 588, § 113, eff from and after July 1, 1997.