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Miss. Code Ann. § 93-15-109

Surrender of a child to the Department of Child Protection Services or a home

Known as the Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law

The act spans §§ 93–93 (18 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 262 So. 3d 1111 - Joe Alexander v. Matthew Bryan DeForest (2019)

Most recently applied in 262 So. 3d 1111 - Joe Alexander v. Matthew Bryan DeForest (January 2019)

Laws, 2016, ch. 431, § 6, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 18, 2016); Laws, 2017, ch. 372, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 20, 2017

(1) A parent may accomplish the surrender of a child to the Department of Child Protection Services or to a home by: Delivering the child to the Department of Child Protection Services or the home;

(2) Executing an affidavit of a written agreement that names the child and which vests in the Department of Child Protection Services or the home the exclusive custody, care and control of the child; and

(3) Executing a written voluntary release as set forth in Section 93-15-111(2).

(4) If a child has been surrendered to a home or other agency operating under the laws of another state, and the child is delivered into the custody of a petitioner or home within this state, the execution of consent by the nonresident home or agency shall be sufficient.

(5) Nothing in this section prohibits the delivery and surrender of a child to an emergency medical services provider pursuant to Sections 43-15-201 through 43-15-209.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.