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U.S. State Codes
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Mississippi
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Title 93 - Domestic Relations
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Chapter 9 - Parentage
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Uniform Law on Paternity
Uniform Law on Paternity
§ 93-9-1. Short title
§ 93-9-3. Construction
§ 93-9-5. Application of Uniform Law on Paternity
§ 93-9-7. Obligations of father
§ 93-9-9. Enforcement; attorney’s fees and costs; surname of child; request for genetic testing by alleged father; tolling of one-year time limit to rescind voluntary acknowledgement of paternity
§ 93-9-10. Disestablishment of paternity
§ 93-9-11. Limitation on recovery from father
§ 93-9-13. Limitation on recovery from father’s estate
§ 93-9-15. Jurisdiction and remedies; right to trial by jury
§ 93-9-17. Venue
§ 93-9-19. Time of trial; perpetuation of testimony
§ 93-9-21. Blood tests and other tests; enforcement of order to submit; notice of witnesses testifying as to sexual intercourse with mother
§ 93-9-23. Blood tests and other tests; appointment of experts; affidavits of experts; challenging test results
§ 93-9-25. Blood tests and other tests; costs; compensation of experts
§ 93-9-27. Blood tests; effect of test results; no right to jury trial in paternity proceedings
§ 93-9-28. Procedures for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity
§ 93-9-29. Order
§ 93-9-30. Full faith and credit to foreign paternity determinations
§ 93-9-31. Security; commitment; probation
§ 93-9-33. Commitment for contempt
§ 93-9-35. Support by mother
§ 93-9-37. False declaration of identity
§ 93-9-39. Probation
§ 93-9-41. Appeals
§ 93-9-43. Prosecuting official
§ 93-9-45. Costs
§ 93-9-47. No explicit reference to illegitimacy to appear in certain records
§ 93-9-49. Settlement agreements