MS HB282

Requires courts to bring persons imprisoned for contempt of failure to pay child support before the court within 24 hours to assess owed payments and employment status.

Mandates courts enter an order for electronic house arrest with intensive supervision for employed individuals found in contempt for nonpayment, with release required within 48 hours of initial imprisonment.

Exempts persons already on electronic house arrest for child support contempt or those on such arrest within the past 12 months from the 24-hour court appearance requirement.

Expands the intensive supervision program to include persons held in contempt for failure to pay child support, incorporating existing electronic monitoring device requirements and house arrest conditions.

Effective date of July 1, 2018, with conforming amendments to Mississippi Code sections governing contempt proceedings and child support obligations.