The Administrative Office of Courts shall assist the bureau in the maintenance of its centralized adoption record by compiling the number of finalized adoptions in each chancery court district on a monthly basis, and submitting this information to the bureau. The bureau shall include these statistics in its centralized adoption record. The information in this report shall include the number of adoptions in this state where the adopting parent is a blood relative of the adoptee and the number of adoptions in this state where the adopting parent is not a blood relative of the adoptee. The report shall not include any individual identifying information. This information shall be updated annually and made available to the public upon request for a reasonable fee.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children
Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act
§ 93-17-211. Civil and criminal immunity for persons acting under Adoption Confidentiality Act
§ 93-17-213. Promulgation of rules and regulations; fees
§ 93-17-215. Request by adoptee for identifying information
§ 93-17-217. Identification and counseling of requesting adoptee; release of information by bureau
§ 93-17-221. Petition in chancery court for disclosure of identifying information
§ 93-17-223. One birth parent prohibited from divulging identity of other parent