The judge or his designee may authorize the temporary custody of a child taken into custody for a period of not longer than forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and statutory state holidays if the judge or his designee finds there are grounds to issue a custody order as defined in Section 43-21-301 and such custody order complies with the detention requirements provided in Section 43-21-301(6).
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-307
Temporary custody
Known as the Youth Court Law
The act spans §§ 43–43 (102 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case R.P. v. State (2014)
Most recently applied in R.P. v. State (November 2014)
Laws, 1979, ch. 506, § 35; Laws, 1993, ch. 439, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 27, 1993
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