{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-93-20-104","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 93-20-104","heading":"Subject-matter jurisdiction.","body":"(1) Except to the extent jurisdiction is precluded by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (Title 93, Chapter 27, Mississippi Code of 1972), the chancery court has jurisdiction over a guardianship or conservatorship for a respondent domiciled or present in this state or having property in this state.\n(2) After notice is given in a proceeding for a guardianship or conservatorship and until termination of the proceeding, the court in which the petition is filed has:\n(a) Exclusive jurisdiction to determine the need for the guardianship or conservatorship;\n(b) Exclusive jurisdiction to determine how property of the respondent must be managed, expended, or distributed to or for the use of the respondent, an individual who is dependent in fact on the respondent, or other claimant;\n(c) Nonexclusive jurisdiction to determine the validity of a claim against the respondent or property of the respondent or a question of title concerning the property; and\n(d) If a guardian or conservator is appointed, exclusive jurisdiction over issues related to administration of the guardianship or conservatorship.\n(3) A court that appoints a guardian or conservator has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until the court terminates the proceeding.","path":["Title 93. Domestic Relations","Chapter 20. Guardianship and Conservatorship","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.93.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:58Z","sha256":"7985916f91fd3060546decbed4678849d4deed3c3c6538683a3606b69569c802","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-93-20-103","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-93-20-105","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}