by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
Any child heretofore adopted under the laws of the State of Mississippi and any child who may have been adopted under the provisions of this chapter, may be re-adopted under the provisions hereof. If any such prior adoption is valid, and the re-adoption proceedings be...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
(1) A certified copy of the final decree shall be furnished to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, together with a certificate signed by the clerk giving the true or original name and the place and date of birth of the child. The said bureau shall prepare a revised birth...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
All costs of the proceeding shall be taxed in the manner that the court may direct, including a reasonable fee as determined, approved, and allowed by the court to be paid for each investigation that may be authorized or required by the chancellor, other than for an...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
For all purposes of this chapter, the chancery court shall be a court of general jurisdiction and it is declared to be the public policy of the state that no adoption proceedings shall be permitted to be set aside except for jurisdictional defects and for failure to...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
No action shall be brought to set aside any final decree of adoption, whether granted upon consent or personal process or on process by publication, except within six (6) months of the entry thereof.Miss. Code § 93-17-15Codes, 1942, § 1269-06; Laws, 1955, Ex. ch. 34,...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
In the case of international adoptions, a home study of the prospective adopting parents shall be valid for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date of completion.Miss. Code § 93-17-14 Laws, 2007, ch. 496, § 7; Laws, 2008, ch. 314, § 1, eff....
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