93-13-29 - Parent of nonresident minor may bring suit in state.
§ 93-13-29. Parent of nonresident minor may bring suit in state.
When a minor resides in a state or country whose laws do not provide for the appointment of a guardian during the life of parents, but vest the administration of the estate of the minor in a parent, such parent may sue for, receive and make a valid acquittance for the property, legacy, distributive share or chose in action of the minor after filing in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county where there may be some person indebted to the minor or having some of his effects in possession, a certificate from the judge or clerk of a court of record in the state or country where the minor resides, that the minor and parent reside within said state and the jurisdiction of said court.
Sources: Codes, 1906, § 2429; Hemingway's 1917, § 1990; 1930, § 1909; 1942, § 446; Laws, 1904, ch. 149.