by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
(1) A final decree of adoption shall not be entered before the expiration of six (6) months from the entry of the interlocutory decree except (a) when a child is a stepchild of a petitioner or is related by blood to the petitioner within the third degree according to...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
In any child custody matter hereafter filed in any chancery or county court in which temporary or permanent custody has already been placed with a parent or guardian and in all adoptions, the court shall impose a fee for any court-ordered home study performed by the...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
At any time after the filing of the petition for adoption and completion of process thereon, and before the entering of a final decree, the court may, in its discretion, of its own motion or on motion of any party to the proceeding, require an investigation and report...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
Miss. Code § 93-17-9Codes, 1942, § 1269-04; Laws, 1955, Ex. ch. 34, § 4; Laws, 1998, ch. 516, § 17, eff. 7/1/1998.Repealed by Laws, 2016, ch. 431, HB 1240, 22, eff. 4/18/2016.
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
(1) Whenever an adoption becomes a contested matter, whether after a hearing on a petition for determination of rights under Section 93-17-6 or otherwise, the court: (a) Shall, on motion of any party or on its own motion, issue an order for immediate blood or tissue...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi
(1) No infant shall be adopted to any person if a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated under the Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law, after having been summoned, shall appear and object thereto before the making of a decree for adoption. A...
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