Mississippi · Snapshot Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17

Miss. Code Ann. § 93-25-604: Choice of law.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs:
(1) The nature, extent, amount and duration of current payments under a registered support order;
(2) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and
(3) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.
(b) In a proceeding for arrearages under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of this state or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.
(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and remedies of this state to enforce current support and collect arrearages and interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in this state.
(d) After a tribunal of this state or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrearages, if any, a tribunal of this state shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrearages, on current and future support and on consolidated arrearages.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 93. Domestic Relations
Chapter 25. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Article 6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order.
Part 1. Registration for Enforcement of Support Order.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs:

(1) The nature, extent, amount and duration of current payments under a registered support order;

(2) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and

(3) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.

(b) In a proceeding for arrearages under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of this state or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and remedies of this state to enforce current support and collect arrearages and interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in this state.

(d) After a tribunal of this state or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrearages, if any, a tribunal of this state shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrearages, on current and future support and on consolidated arrearages.

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