Mississippi House Bill 1117 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 93-9-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Court, Once Paternity Is Established, To Order Support For Expenses Retroactive To The First Date On Which The Mother Was Determined To Be Pregnant; To Amend Section 93-9-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Chancery Court To Include Pre-natal And Post-natal Expenses Of The Mother In A Court Order; To Amend Sections 93-9-7, 93-9-9, 93-9-35, 93-11-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 93-11-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include The Financial Support Of The Mother Which May Include Expenses Of The Mother Retroactive To The First Date Of Pregnancy In An Order For Support; To Amend Section 93-11-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Order Of Support To Include Retroactive Expenses Of The Mother While Pregnant And After Pregnancy; To Bring Forward Section 43-19-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Child Support Guidelines; And For Related Purposes.

Father's child support; authorize retroactive payments for mother's prenatal and post-natal expenses.

Rep. Jansen Owen [R]	Rep. Kevin Felsher [R]	Rep. Kent McCarty [R]	Rep. Dana Underwood McLean [R]
Rep. Shanda Yates [I]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
43	19	101	New Code	See Bill Text
93	11	101	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	11	65	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	11	71	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	9	29	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	9	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	9	35	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	9	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	9	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB1117.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1117IN.htm