l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 489

Contracts; provide for postnuptial agreements.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LEGAL SPOUSES TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY INTERESTS OF EACH SPOUSE; TO DEFINE PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE AGREEMENT TO BE IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES TO BE ENFORCEABLE; TO ADDRESS ENFORCEMENT; TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CREDITORS; TO PROVIDE THAT CHILD CUSTODY AND SUPPORT MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED IN AN AGREEMENT UNDER THIS ACT; TO ALLOW AGREEMENTS TO BE FILED AS A PUBLIC RECORD; TO AMEND SECTION 95-3-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 10 to February 1, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 days

Judiciary AJan 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 10 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives