MS HB790

Amends Mississippi Code Sections 93-9-73 and 93-9-75 to remove the terms "bastard" and "bastardy" from legal proceedings related to paternity and child support

Replaces outdated terminology with phrases such as "proceedings to determine the father of the child" and "child support"

Directs the codifier of the Mississippi Code to revise all editorial headings throughout the entire code to remove references to "bastard" or "bastardy" and substitute terms like "child" or "parentage"

Changes apply whenever a volume of the code containing the outdated terms is republished