MS SB2097

Amends Section 93-9-10 of the Mississippi Code to modify circumstances under which a legal father can disestablish paternity and terminate child support obligations.

Changes the standard in subsection (3) from an absolute bar to a discretionary "good cause" standard when a legal father engaged in specified conduct (marriage/cohabitation with mother, signing birth certificate, stipulating to paternity, etc.).

Adds requirement that legal father can prove fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact to overcome the bar when he signed a stipulated agreement of paternity approved by court order.

Maintains that relief is limited to prospective child support, past-due payments, termination of parental rights, custody, and visitation—does not allow recovery of child support paid before filing the disestablishment petition.

Provides that if the court denies the disestablishment petition, the petitioner must pay court costs, genetic testing fees, and reasonable attorney's fees.