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2013 Mississippi Code
Title 93 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 15 - TERMINATION OF RIGHTS OF UNFIT PARENTS
§ 93-15-111 - Placing child in custody of suitable person, institution or agency; adoption


MS Code § 93-15-111 (2013) What's This?

Should the court terminate the parental rights of the parents or only one (1) of the parents (if they both be living), then the court shall place the child in the custody of some suitable person, agency or institution, and such person, agency or institution shall have full power to enter a petition under Section 93-17-5, consenting to adoption, and no further notice shall be given in the adoption proceeding to such parent or parents.

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