1. By state agency rule as part of licensure of any person or entity holding a state license to provide services that include the treatment or education of abused or neglected children; or
2. By statute.
1. The mother of the infant will not identify the father of the infant;
2. The mother of the infant lists the father of the infant as unknown;
3. The person the mother identifies as the father of the infant disputes his fatherhood;
4. The person the mother identifies as the father of the infant is twenty-one (21) years of age or older; or
5. The person the mother identifies as the father is deceased.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Affecting Children
§ 97-5-1. Abandonment of child under age six
§ 97-5-3. Desertion or nonsupport of child under age eighteen
§ 97-5-5. Enticing child for concealment, prostitution or marriage
§ 97-5-7. Enticing child for employment
§ 97-5-9. Iceboxes, etc.; abandonment without removing latch prohibited
§ 97-5-11. Pool room or billiard hall; certain minors prohibited from entering
§ 97-5-31. Exploitation of children; definitions
§ 97-5-35. Exploitation of children; penalties