Mississippi
For Mississippi, statute is § 43-31-25; who owes the duty is the descendants of any pauper not able to work; condition on the parent is any pauper not able to work; civil or criminal is civil; penalty is One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per month, for each month they may so refuse, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Mississippi our reading
- Statute
- § 43-31-25 verified
- Who owes the duty
- the descendants of any pauper not able to work verified
- Condition on the parent
- any pauper not able to work verified
- Civil or criminal
- civil our reading
- Penalty
- One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per month, for each month they may so refuse verified
- Who may bring the action
- to be recovered in the name of the county verified
- Limited to public assistance cases
- public assistance only our reading
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What the source says
The father and grandfather, the mother and grandmother, and brothers and sisters, and the descendants of any pauper not able to work, as the board of supervisors shall direct, shall, at their own charge, relieve and maintain such pauper; and, in case of refusal, shall forfeit and pay the county the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per month, for each month they may so refuse, to be recovered in the name of the county; and shall be liable to any governmental entity who supplies such poor relative, if abandoned, with necessaries, not exceeding said sum per month; and if any such relative be a nonresident he may be proceeded against by attachment, as in cases of attachment against debtors.
— codes.findlaw.com, retrieved 2026-08-31
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
State and Statute
Mississippi Code Title 43. Public Welfare § 43-31-25
Who owes the duty and Condition on the parent
The father and grandfather, the mother and grandmother, and brothers and sisters, and the descendants of any pauper not able to work, as the board of supervisors shall direct, shall, at their own charge, relieve and maintain such pauper
Civil or criminal, Penalty and Who may bring the action
and, in case of refusal, shall forfeit and pay the county the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per month, for each month they may so refuse, to be recovered in the name of the county
Limited to public assistance cases
and shall be liable to any governmental entity who supplies such poor relative, if abandoned, with necessaries, not exceeding said sum per month
— all from codes.findlaw.com, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- codes.findlaw.comhttps://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-43-public-welfare/ms-code-sect-43-31-25.html