Source: https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2010/title-93/17/93-17-7/
Timestamp: 2019-08-18 09:19:51
Document Index: 728992074

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 93', '§ 1269', '§ 9', '§ 1', '§ 6', '§ 15', '§ 3', '§ 3']

93-17-7 - Parental objection; causes for termination of unfit parents' rights. :: 2010 Mississippi Code :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia
Justia US Law US Codes and Statutes Mississippi Code 2010 Mississippi Code TITLE 93 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children. 93-17-7 - Parental objection; causes for termination of unfit parents' rights.
93-17-7 - Parental objection; causes for termination of unfit parents' rights.
§ 93-17-7. Parental objection; causes for termination of unfit parents' rights.
(1) No infant shall be adopted to any person if either parent, after having been summoned, shall appear and object thereto before the making of a decree for adoption, unless it shall be made to appear to the court from evidence touching such matters that the parent so objecting had abandoned or deserted such infant or is mentally, or morally, or otherwise unfit to rear and train it, including, but not limited to, those matters set out in subsection (2) of this section, in either of which cases the adoption may be decreed notwithstanding the objection of such parent, first considering the welfare of the child, or children sought to be adopted. Provided, however, the parents shall not be summoned in the adoption proceedings nor have the right to object thereto if the parental rights of the parent or parents have been terminated by the procedure set forth in Sections 93-15-101 through 93-15-111, and such termination shall be res judicata on the question of parental abandonment or unfitness in the adoption proceedings.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 1269-09; Laws, 1955, Ex. ch. 34, § 9; Laws, 1968, ch. 323, § 1; Laws, 1980, ch. 485, § 6; Laws, 1986, ch. 379; Laws, 1998, ch. 516, § 15; Laws, 1999, ch. 507, § 3; Laws, 2002, ch. 533, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2002.