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2013 Mississippi Code
Title 93 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 17 - ADOPTION, CHANGE OF NAME, AND LEGITIMATION OF CHILDREN
IN GENERAL
§ 93-17-17 - Grounds for setting aside proceedings limited


MS Code § 93-17-17 (2013) What's This?

For all purposes of this chapter, the chancery court shall be a court of general jurisdiction and it is declared to be the public policy of the state that no adoption proceedings shall be permitted to be set aside except for jurisdictional defects and for failure to file and prosecute the same under the provisions of this chapter.

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