Bill Text: MS SB2082 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Child support; administratively suspend obligations for incarcerated individuals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-17 - Approved by Governor [SB2082 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-SB2082-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Wiggins
Senate Bill 2082
(As Sent to Governor)
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.
