{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-93-25-701","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 93-25-701","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this article:\n(1) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.\n(2) “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in Section 93-25-102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.\n(3) “Convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in Section 93-25-102(5)(D).\n(4) “Direct request” means a complaint filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.\n(5) “Foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in Section 93-25-102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.\n(6) “Foreign support agreement”:\n(A) Means an agreement for support in a record that:\n(i) Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;\n(ii) Has been:\n(I) Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or\n(II) Authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and\n(iii) May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and\n(B) Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.\n(7) “United States central authority” means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.","path":["Title 93. Domestic Relations","Chapter 25. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 7. Support Proceeding Under Convention."],"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":"5ba8472bba46b160d5d4af8191dc6cd4f80f86fa91bfeafe485ad6b1a7f5c741","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-93-25-616","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-93-25-702","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."}