I wrote about the weird Custody Bill from this session and it is still alive.

The irony is it’s only triggered when a court awards “paramount” custody to one parent over the other. “Paramount” custody does not legally exist, not in Mississippi Statutory Code.

Paramount is not a commonly used term in custody agreements and does not appear often in reported or appealed cases.

I know a judge who will ignore this law completely as he does not award “paramount” physical custody.

I get the intent of the law, but execution will be misapplied, not applied or create unintended consequences…as words matter in the law.

You can read about the correct words regarding custody here.

Matthew Thompson is a child custody attorney in Mississippi.