In any case where a child has been removed from the custody and care of the parent due to sexual abuse or serious bodily injury to the child, or is not living in the home of the offending parent, the court shall treat the petition for termination of parental rights as a preference case to be determined with all reasonable expedition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 93-15-129
Petitions involving sexual abuse or serious bodily injury treated as preference case
Known as the Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law
The act spans §§ 93–93 (18 sections).
Laws, 2016, ch. 431, § 16, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 18, 2016
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