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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 7 - MISSISSIPPI ADOPTION CONFIDENTIALITY ACT (§§ 93-17-201 — 93-17-223)
- Section 93-17-201 - Short title
- Section 93-17-203 - Definitions
- Section 93-17-205 - Centralized adoption records file established; contents; filing of supplemental information; authorization to release birth parent's identity; notification of genetic illness
- Section 93-17-207 - Release of nonidentifying information; persons eligible to receive; fee
- Section 93-17-209 - Search for birth parents by agency to obtain medical, social, or genetic information; fee
- Section 93-17-211 - Civil and criminal immunity for persons acting under Adoption Confidentiality Act
- Section 93-17-213 - Promulgation of rules and regulations; fees
- Section 93-17-215 - Request by adoptee for identifying information
- Section 93-17-217 - Identification and counseling of requesting adoptee; release of information by bureau
- Section 93-17-219 - Search for birth parent; when permitted; fee; agency contact with birth parent; release of information to adoptee
- Section 93-17-221 - Petition in chancery court for disclosure of identifying information
- Section 93-17-223 - One birth parent prohibited from divulging identity of other parent
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