No action shall be brought to set aside any final decree of adoption, whether granted upon consent or personal process or on process by publication, except within six (6) months of the entry thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 93-17-15
Limitation on action to set aside final decree
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case In Re the Adoption of T.N.F. (1989)
Most recently applied in 53 So. 3d 870 - C.K. v. N.F. (February 2011)
Codes, 1942, § 1269-06; Laws, 1955, Ex. ch. 34, § 6; Laws, 1958, chs. 267, 285, § 2; Laws, 1971, ch. 399, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 23, 1971
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