2025 Regular SessionMississippi Legislature

SB2484: Custody; create rebuttable presumption of joint custody with equal parenting time.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Amend Section 93-5-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Rebuttable Presumption In Favor Of Joint Custody With Equal Parenting Time In All Custody Matters; To Provide That The Presumption Shall Be Rebuttable By A Preponderance Of The Evidence; To Provide For The Calculation Of Child Support Where The Court Awards Joint Custody With Equally Shared Parenting Time; To Require A Court To Document The Reasons From Deviating From The Presumption Unless Both Parents Petition For A Deviation; To Clarify That This Section Shall Apply To All Custody Determinations; And For Related Purposes.

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Bill History

1/20/2025
Referred To Judiciary, Division A
Senate
2/4/2025
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
Senate
2/12/2025
Committee Substitute Adopted
Senate
2/12/2025
Amended
Senate
2/12/2025
Passed As Amended
Senate
2/17/2025
Transmitted To House
Senate
2/17/2025
Referred To Judiciary A
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Died On Calendar
House of Representatives

Amendments

Senate Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub)

Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub)

Adopted

House Committee Amendment No 1

Committee Amendment No 1

Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate Passed As Amended
2/12/2025
49
Yea
1
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/12/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Rod Hickman
Rod Hickman
Democrat

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text2/17/202520.4 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/4/202519.1 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/22/202518.5 KB