The docket entries and decrees spread upon the minutes of the court shall not refer to names of the natural parent or parents nor to the original name of the child. In the decree reference to the child shall be by the name to be conferred upon it by the court rather than by its original name if the name of the child is to be changed. The style of the cause and the docket entry thereof shall recite only the names of the petitioners and that the case is for the adoption of a child described in the petition.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children
§ 93-17-11. Investigation; interlocutory decree; appeal
§ 93-17-14. Home study in international adoptions valid for 24 months
§ 93-17-15. Limitation on action to set aside final decree
§ 93-17-17. Grounds for setting aside proceedings limited
§ 93-17-25. Proceedings and records confidential; use in court or administrative proceedings
§ 93-17-27. References to marital status of natural parents prohibited
§ 93-17-29. References to parents and child in docket entries and decrees
§ 93-17-31. Clerks to keep separate index, docket and minute books