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Article 1 - In General
§ 93-17-11. Investigation; interlocutory decree; appeal - At any time after the filing of the petition for...
§ 93-17-12. Authority of court to impose fee for court-ordered home study relating to child custody matters and in all adoptions - In any child custody matter hereafter filed in any chancery...
§ 93-17-14. Home study in international adoptions valid for 24 months - In the case of international adoptions, a home study of...
§ 93-17-15. Limitation on action to set aside final decree - No action shall be brought to set aside any final...
§ 93-17-17. Grounds for setting aside proceedings limited - For all purposes of this chapter, the chancery court shall...
§ 93-17-19. Costs - All costs of the proceeding shall be taxed in the...
§ 93-17-23. Re-adoption - Any child heretofore adopted under the laws of the State...
§ 93-17-25. Proceedings and records confidential; use in court or administrative proceedings - All proceedings under this chapter shall be confidential and shall...
§ 93-17-27. References to marital status of natural parents prohibited - No reference shall be required to be made to the...
§ 93-17-29. References to parents and child in docket entries and decrees - The docket entries and decrees spread upon the minutes of...
§ 93-17-31. Clerks to keep separate index, docket and minute books - The several chancery clerks shall obtain and keep a separate,...
Article 3 - Adoption Supplemental Benefits Law
§ 93-17-51. Short title - Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67 shall be known and may be...
§ 93-17-53. Purpose - The purpose of Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67 is to supplement...
§ 93-17-55. Definitions - As used in Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67, the word "child"...
§ 93-17-57. Supplemental benefits program; funding - The state department of public welfare shall establish and administer...
§ 93-17-59. Eligibility - Any child meeting criteria specified in Section 93-17-55 for whom...
§ 93-17-63. Confidentiality - All records regarding such adoption shall be confidential. Anyone violating...
§ 93-17-65. Promulgation of rules and regulations - The state department of public welfare shall promulgate rules and...
§ 93-17-69. Financial support for nonrecurring adoption expenses under certain circumstances - The Department of Child Protection Services is authorized to provide...
Article 5 - Interstate Agreements for Protection of Children Being Provided Adoption Assistance
§ 93-17-105. Interstate compacts; requirements - A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by...
§ 93-17-109. Inclusion of federal aid in certain state plans - Consistent with federal law, the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare...
Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act
§ 93-17-201. Short title - Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223 may be cited as the "Mississippi...
§ 93-17-203. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...
§ 93-17-205. Centralized adoption records file established; contents; filing of supplemental information; authorization to release birth parent's identity; notification of genetic illness - The Administrative Office of Courts shall assist the bureau in...
§ 93-17-211. Civil and criminal immunity for persons acting under Adoption Confidentiality Act - Any person, including this state or any political subdivision of...
§ 93-17-213. Promulgation of rules and regulations; fees - The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry...
§ 93-17-215. Request by adoptee for identifying information - Any person twenty-one (21) years of age or over who...
§ 93-17-217. Identification and counseling of requesting adoptee; release of information by bureau - Provided the birth parent has not filed an affidavit prohibiting...
§ 93-17-221. Petition in chancery court for disclosure of identifying information - The adoptee may petition the chancery court to order the...
§ 93-17-223. One birth parent prohibited from divulging identity of other parent - In cases where only one (1) of the birth parents...
Article 9 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Adoptions Act
§ 93-17-301. Short title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 93-17-307. Forms - The petition shall be accompanied by the documentation indicated on...