Section 93-15-129 – Petitions involving sexual abuse or serious bodily injury treated as preference case

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi

In any case where a child has been removed from the custody and care of the parent due to sexual abuse or serious bodily injury to the child, or is not living in the home of the offending parent, the court shall treat the petition for termination of parental rights as a preference case to be determined with all reasonable expedition.

Miss. Code ยง 93-15-129

Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 431, HB 1240, 16, eff. 4/18/2016.