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2018 Mississippi Code
Title 93 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 21 - Protection From Domestic Abuse
Article 1 - Protection From Domestic Abuse Law.
- § 93-21-1. Short title.
- § 93-21-3. Definitions.
- § 93-21-5. Jurisdiction and venue.
- § 93-21-7. Petition to seek domestic abuse protection order; proper forum for petition alleging domestic abuse; waiver of filing fees in domestic abuse cases.
- § 93-21-9. Contents of petition.
- § 93-21-11. Notice and hearing.
- § 93-21-13. Emergency domestic abuse protection order; duration of order; extension; entry of protection order into Mississippi Protection Order Registry; de novo hearing for parties aggrieved by issuance or denial of issuance of order.
- § 93-21-15. Temporary domestic abuse protection orders; relief; duration; final domestic abuse protection order or consent agreements; provisions addressing custody, visitation or support of minor children; order to set forth findings of fact and provide details of acts restrained; order to be entered into Mississippi Protection Order Registry; modification, amendment or dissolution of order.
- § 93-21-16. Full faith and credit for certain protective orders issued in other jurisdictions.
- § 93-21-17. Grant of relief not to affect property titles or availability of other remedies; court approval required to amend orders.
- § 93-21-19. Testimony by spouses not to be restricted.
- § 93-21-21. Knowing violation of protection orders, court-approved consent agreements or bond conditions issued by Mississippi or foreign courts is misdemeanor or contempt; penalties.
- § 93-21-23. Participants in reports or proceedings presumed acting in good faith; immunity from liability.
- § 93-21-25. Mississippi Protection Order Registry; certain orders to be maintained in registry; duties of clerk of issuing court; process for entry and removal of orders.
- § 93-21-27. Immunity of law enforcement officers for arrests arising from incidents of domestic violence.
- § 93-21-28. Emergency law enforcement response in domestic abuse cases.
- § 93-21-29. Proceedings to be in addition to other civil or criminal remedies.
- § 93-21-31. Domestic Violence Training Fund; funding of expenses of Domestic Violence Division of the Office of Attorney General; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund.
- § 93-21-33. Domestic Violence Task Force created; membership, duties and responsibilities.
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