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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 93 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 93-1-1 — 93-31-7)
Chapter 17 - ADOPTION, CHANGE OF NAME, AND LEGITIMATION OF CHILDREN (§§ 93-17-1 — 93-17-307)
Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 93-17-1 — 93-17-31)
- Section 93-17-1 - Jurisdiction to alter names and legitimate offspring; legitimation by subsequent marriage
- Section 93-17-3 - Jurisdiction for adoption or readoption proceedings; who may be adopted; who may adopt; venue of adoption proceedings; certificate of child's condition; change of name; completion of home study; compliance with Interstate Compact for Placement of Children and Indian Child Welfare Act; authorize waiver of certain procedure for adult adoptees
- Section 93-17-5 - Parties to adoption proceeding; consent of child
- Section 93-17-6 - Petition for determination of rights in proposed adoption of natural child; service of process in the adoption of a foreign born child
- Section 93-17-7 - Parental objection; causes for termination of parental rights
- Section 93-17-8 - Contested adoptions
- Section 93-17-9 - [Repealed]
- Section 93-17-11 (as amended by Laws 2023, Ch. 516,section104)
- Section 93-17-11 (as amended by Laws 2023, Ch. 516,section82)
- Section 93-17-12 - Authority of court to impose fee for court-ordered home study relating to child custody matters and in all adoptions
- Section 93-17-13 - Final decree and effect thereof; completion of home study before final decree entered
- Section 93-17-14 - Home study in international adoptions valid for 24 months
- Section 93-17-15 - Limitation on action to set aside final decree
- Section 93-17-17 - Grounds for setting aside proceedings limited
- Section 93-17-19 - Costs
- Section 93-17-21 - Revised birth certificate
- Section 93-17-23 - Re-adoption
- Section 93-17-25 - Proceedings and records confidential; use in court or administrative proceedings
- Section 93-17-27 - References to marital status of natural parents prohibited
- Section 93-17-29 - References to parents and child in docket entries and decrees
- Section 93-17-31 - Clerks to keep separate index, docket and minute books
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