Any court of this state which is competent to decide child custody matters shall have jurisdiction to grant visitation rights with a minor child or children to the grandparents of such minor child or children as provided in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 93-16-1
Jurisdiction of court to grant grandparents visitation rights with minor child
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case In Re the Adoption of a Child by W.P. (2000)
Most recently applied in 860 So. 2d 781 - Woodell v. Parker (December 2003)
Laws, 1983, ch. 497, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 537, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1990.
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