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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2484

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 12, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

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.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Reginald Jackson

Its course

January 20 to March 12, 2025, 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 action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 1223 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 12 to Mar 12 · stopped28 days

Judiciary AFeb 17 to Mar 415 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 12

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentPending

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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 17Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Mar 4Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 12Died on the calendar in the House
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 12Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 12AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 12Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 17Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 17Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 12Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives