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2013 Mississippi Code
Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 18 - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN
§ 43-18-5 - "Appropriate authority in the receiving state" defined


MS Code § 43-18-5 (2013) What's This?

As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the phrase "appropriate authority in the receiving state" with reference to this state shall mean the state department of public welfare or, with the approval of the commissioner of the state department of public welfare, any county department of public welfare.

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