Mississippi Adoption Laws Page1
Mississippi Adoption Laws Page1
Adoption Laws in Mississippi Page1
About adoption consent
- For whom it is must to consent to adoption : Statute : - § 93-17-5
- Both or single parent (if one of the living).
- Two adult kin from which one of them is in possession of the child, if both the parents are deceased.
- Person who like to take the custody of child.
- Country department's agent.
- Age required of an adoptee to consent of adoptee: Statute: - § 93-17-5
A child of age 14 or more than it must consent to the adoption.
- No need of parental consent: Statute: - § 93-17-5; 93-17-7
Parental consent has been not needed when parent has:
- Discarded or injured the child.
- Unable to take responsibility of child.
- Parents may suffer from medical or emotional sickness or chemical dependency.
- Finished parental rights.
- Unless father of child shown within 30 days of the child's birth a promise to parenthood, if he born out of marriage.
Advertising used and facilitators in adoptive placements
- Advertisement used : Statute:
Not addressed
- Intermediaries or facilitators use :
Not addressed
