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2016 Mississippi Code
Title 99 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 11 - Jurisdiction and Venue
§ 99-11-9. Jurisdiction of paternity proceedings
MS Code § 99-11-9 (2016) What's This?
The circuit court of the county in which an illegitimate child is born shall have jurisdiction of any action brought under section 97-29-11, Mississippi Code of 1972. No male person shall be convicted solely on the uncorroborated testimony of the female person giving birth to the child.
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