Mississippi House Bill 239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Uniform Deployed Parents Custody And Visitation Act; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide Remedies For Noncompliance; To Provide Jurisdiction; To Require Notice Of Deployment; To Create A Duty To Notify Of Change Of Address; To Provide General Consideration In A Custody Proceeding Of A Parent's Military Service; To Provide For Agreements Addressing Custodial Responsibility During Deployment; To Provide The Form Of Agreement; To Provide The Nature Of Authority Created By Agreement; To Provide For Modification Of Agreement; To Authorize Power Of Attorney; To Require Filing Agreement Or Power Of Attorney With The Court; To Provide Judicial Procedure For Granting Custodial Responsibility During Deployment; To Provide A Proceeding For Temporary Custody Orders; To Provide Expedited Hearings; To Allow Testimony By Electronic Means; To Address The Effect Of Prior Judicial Orders Or Agreements; To Allow The Court To Grant Caretaking Or Decision-making Authority To A Nonparent; To Grant Limited Contact; To Address The Nature Of Authority Created By A Temporary Custody Order; To Provide The Content Of A Temporary Custody Order; To Authorize The Court To Enter Orders For Child Support And To Modify Or Terminate Such Orders; To Address Matters Upon Return From Deployment; To Provide A Procedure For Terminating Temporary Grants Of Custodial Responsibility Established By Agreement; To Address Visitation; To Provide For The Termination Of Orders Of Temporary Orders For Custodial Responsibility; To Provide For Uniformity Of Application And Construction; To Address Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act; To Bring Forward Sections 93-5-23, 93-5-24, 93-11-65 And 93-5-34, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; enact.

Rep. Bobby Moak [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-12	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0239.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0239IN.htm