2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 21 - Youth Court.
43-21-601 - Scheduling of disposition hearing.
§ 43-21-601. Scheduling of disposition hearing.
(1) If the child has been adjudicated a delinquent child, a child in need of supervision, a neglected child or an abused child, the youth court shall immediately set a time and place for a disposition hearing which shall be separate, distinct and subsequent to the adjudicatory hearing. The disposition hearing, however, may be held immediately following the adjudicatory hearing unless a continuance is necessary to allow the parties to prepare for their participation in the proceedings.
(2) If the child has been taken into custody, a disposition hearing shall be held within fourteen (14) days after the adjudicatory hearing unless good cause be shown for postponement.
Sources: Laws, 1979, ch. 506, § 64, eff from and after July 1, 1979.
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