Tiechie Fenton of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services spreads awareness of the “critical need” for foster parents in Mississippi.
Mississippi State Senator Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, is sponsoring Senate Bill 2082, which would suspend child-support payments for those in prison for more than six months.
U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker of Mississippi are among a group of nine Republicans who on Wednesday unveiled Senate Bill 4512, The Unborn Child Support Act, which would require fathers to pay child support starting in “the first month in which the child was conceived, as determined by a physician.”
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