This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 93-15-101
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Known as the Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law
The act spans §§ 93–93 (18 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 583 So. 2d 614 - Natural Mother v. Paternal Aunt (1991)
Most recently applied in C.S.H. v. Lowndes County Department of Human Services (May 2018)
Laws, 1980, ch. 485, § 1; Laws, 2016, ch. 431, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 18, 2016
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