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MS Code § 93-15-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law|§ 93-15-119. Involuntary termination in chancery court for reasons of abandonment, desertion, or parental unfitness to raise the child; standard of proof

  A court hearing a petition under this chapter may terminate the parental rights of a parent when, after conducting an evidentiary hearing, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence:     That the parent has engaged in conduct constituting abandonment or desertion of the child, as defined in Section 93-15-103, or is mentally, morally, or otherwise unfit to raise the child, which shall be established by showing past or present conduct of the parent that demonstrates a substantial risk of compromising or endangering the child's safety and welfare; and   That termination of the parent's parental rights is appropriate because reunification between the parent and child is not desirable toward obtaining a satisfactory permanency outcome; or     That a parent has committed against the other parent a sexual act that is unlawful under Section 97-3-65 or 97-3-95, or under a similar law of another state, territory, possession or Native American tribe where the offense occurred, and that the child was conceived as a result of the unlawful sexual act. A criminal conviction of the unlawful sexual act is not required to terminate the offending parent's parental rights under this paragraph (b).     An allegation of desertion may be fully rebutted by proof that the parent, in accordance with the parent's means and knowledge of the mother's pregnancy or the child's birth, either:   Provided financial support, including, but not limited to, the payment of consistent support to the mother during her pregnancy, contributions to the payment of the medical expenses of the pregnancy and birth, and contributions of consistent support of the child after birth; frequently and consistently visited the child after birth; and is now willing and able to assume legal and physical care of the child; or   Was willing to provide financial support and to make visitations with the child, but reasonable attempts to do so were thwarted by the mother or her agents, and that the parent is now willing and able to assume legal and physical care of the child.     The court shall inquire as to the military status of an absent parent before conducting an evidentiary hearing under this section.
MS Code § 93-15-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law|§ 93-15-121. Grounds for termination

 Any of the following, if established by clear and convincing evidence, may be grounds for termination of the parent's parental rights if reunification between the parent and child is not desirable toward obtaining a satisfactory permanency outcome:   The parent has been medically diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional with a severe mental illness or deficiency that is unlikely to change in a reasonable period of time and which, based upon expert testimony or an established pattern of behavior, makes the parent unable or unwilling to provide an adequate permanent home for the child;   The parent has been medically diagnosed by a qualified health professional with an extreme physical incapacitation that is unlikely to change in a reasonable period of time and which, based upon expert testimony or an established pattern of behavior, prevents the parent, despite reasonable accommodations, from providing minimally acceptable care for the child;   The parent is suffering from habitual alcoholism or other drug addiction and has failed to successfully complete alcohol or drug treatment;   The parent is unwilling to provide reasonably necessary food, clothing, shelter, or medical care for the child; reasonably necessary medical care does not include recommended or optional vaccinations against childhood or any other disease;   The parent has failed to exercise reasonable visitation or communication with the child;   The parent's abusive or neglectful conduct has caused, at least in part, an extreme and deep-seated antipathy by the child toward the parent, or some other substantial erosion of the relationship between the parent and the child;   The parent has committed an abusive act for which reasonable efforts to maintain the children in the home would not be required under Section 43-21-603, or a series of physically, mentally, or emotionally abusive incidents, against the child or another child, whether related by consanguinity or affinity or not, making future contacts between the parent and child undesirable; or   (i) The parent has been convicted of any of the following offenses against any child:   1. Rape of a child under Section 97-3-65;   2. Sexual battery of a child under Section 97-3-95(c);   3. Touching a child for lustful purposes under Section 97-5-23;   4. Exploitation of a child under Sections 97-5-31 through 97-5-37;   5. Felonious abuse or battery of a child under Section 97-5-39(2);   6. Carnal knowledge of a step or adopted child or a child of a cohabitating partner under Section 97-5-41; or   7. Human trafficking of a child under Section 97-3-54.1; or   The parent has been convicted of:   1. Murder or voluntary manslaughter of another child of the parent;   2. Aiding, abetting, attempting, conspiring or soliciting to commit murder or voluntary manslaughter of the child or another child of the parent; or   3. A felony assault that results in the serious bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent.
MS Code § 93-15-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law|§ 93-15-123. Court discretion not to terminate

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the court may exercise its discretion not to terminate the parent's parental rights in a proceeding under this chapter if the child's safety and welfare will not be compromised or endangered and terminating the parent's parental right is not in the child's best interests based on one or more of the following factors:   The Department of Child Protection Services has documented compelling and extraordinary reasons why terminating the parent's parental rights would not be in the child's best interests;   There is a likelihood that continuing reasonable efforts for achieving reunification will be successful;   Terminating the parent's parental rights would inappropriately relieve the parent of the parent's financial or support obligations to the child; or   The child is being cared for by the other parent, or a relative, guardian, or custodian, in a residence not occupied by the abusive or neglectful parent and terminating the parent's parental rights would not expedite the process for obtaining a satisfactory permanency outcome.
MS Code § 93-15-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law|§ 93-15-125. Compliance with Indian Child Welfare Act

 In any proceeding under this chapter, where the court knows or has reason to know that an Indian child is involved, the court must comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 USCS Section 1901 et seq.) in regard to notice, appointment of counsel, examination of reports or other documents, remedial services and rehabilitation programs, and other protections the act provides. Additionally, no termination of parental rights may be ordered in the proceeding in the absence of a determination, supported by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, including testimony of qualified expert witnesses, that the continued custody of the Indian child by the parent is likely to result in serious emotional or physical damage to the Indian child.
MS Code § 93-15-127 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law|§ 93-15-127. Effect on another parent's rights

 Termination under this chapter of a parent's parental rights does not affect the parental rights of another parent.
MS Code § 93-15-129 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law|§ 93-15-129. Petitions involving sexual abuse or serious bodily injury treated as preference case

 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.
MS Code § 93-15-131 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law|§ 93-15-131. Post-judgment proceedings

  If the court does not terminate the parent's parental rights, the custody and care of the child shall continue with the person, agency, or institution that is holding custody of the child at the time the judgment is rendered, or the court may grant custody to the parent whose rights were sought to be terminated if that is in the best interest of the child. If the Department of Child Protection Services has legal custody of the child, the court must conduct a permanency hearing and permanency review hearings as required under the Mississippi Youth Court Law and the Mississippi Uniform Rules of Youth Court Practice.   If the court terminates the parent's parental rights, the court shall place the child in the custody and care of the other parent or some suitable person, agency, or institution until an adoption or some other permanent living arrangement is achieved. No notice of adoption proceedings or any other subsequent proceedings pertaining to the custody and care of the child shall be given to a parent whose rights have been terminated.
MS Code § 93-15-133 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 15 - Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law|§ 93-15-133. Review by Supreme Court

 Appeal from a final judgment on the termination of parental rights under this chapter shall be to the Supreme Court of Mississippi pursuant to the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure.
MS Code § 93-16-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 16 - Grandparents' Visitation Rights|§ 93-16-1. Jurisdiction of court to grant grandparents visitation rights with minor child

 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.
MS Code § 93-16-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 16 - Grandparents' Visitation Rights|§ 93-16-3. Who may petition for visitation rights; when; court in which to file petition

  Whenever a court of this state enters a decree or order awarding custody of a minor child to one (1) of the parents of the child or terminating the parental rights of one (1) of the parents of a minor child, or whenever one (1) of the parents of a minor child dies, either parent of the child's parents may petition the court in which the decree or order was rendered or, in the case of the death of a parent, petition the chancery court in the county in which the child resides, and seek visitation rights with the child.   Any grandparent who is not authorized to petition for visitation rights pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may petition the chancery court and seek visitation rights with his or her grandchild, and the court may grant visitation rights to the grandparent, provided the court finds:   That the grandparent of the child had established a viable relationship with the child and the parent or custodian of the child unreasonably denied the grandparent visitation rights with the child; and   That visitation rights of the grandparent with the child would be in the best interests of the child.     For purposes of subsection (2) of this section, the term "viable relationship" means a relationship in which the grandparents or either of them have voluntarily and in good faith supported the child financially in whole or in part for a period of not less than six (6) months before filing any petition for visitation rights with the child, the grandparents have had frequent visitation including occasional overnight visitation with said child for a period of not less than one (1) year, or the child has been cared for by the grandparents or either of them over a significant period of time during the time the parent has been in jail or on military duty that necessitates the absence of the parent from the home.   Any petition for visitation rights under subsection (2) of this section shall be filed in the county where an order of custody as to the child has previously been entered. If no custody order has been entered, then the grandparents' petition shall be filed in the county where the child resides or may be found. Upon a showing of financial hardship for the parents, the court shall on motion of the parent or parents direct the grandparents to pay reasonable attorney's fees to the parent or parents at any time, including before a hearing, without regard to the outcome of the petition.
MS Code § 93-16-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 16 - Grandparents' Visitation Rights|§ 93-16-5. Parties to proceeding; discretion of court in granting, enforcing, modifying or terminating rights

 All persons required to be made parties in child custody proceedings or proceedings for the termination of parental rights shall be made parties to any proceeding in which a grandparent of a minor child or children seeks to obtain visitation rights with such minor child or children; and the court may, in its discretion, if it finds that such visitation rights would be in the best interest of the child, grant to a grandparent reasonable visitation rights with the child. Whenever visitation rights are granted to a grandparent, the court may issue such orders as shall be necessary to enforce such rights and may modify or terminate such visitation rights for cause at any time.
MS Code § 93-16-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 16 - Grandparents' Visitation Rights|§ 93-16-7. Application of chapter

 This chapter shall not apply to the granting of visitation rights to the natural grandparents of any child who has been adopted by order or decree of any court unless: (a) one (1) of the legal parents of such child is also a natural parent of such child; or (b) one (1) of the legal parents of such child was related to the child by blood or marriage prior to the adoption. This chapter shall apply to persons who become grandparents of a child by virtue of adoption.
MS Code § 93-19-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority|§ 93-19-1. Removal of disability as to real estate

 The chancery court of the county in which a minor resides, or the chancery court of a county in which a resident minor owns real estate in matters pertaining to such real estate, may remove the disability of minority of such minor. In cases of married minors, the residence of the husband shall be the residence of the parties. The chancery court of a county in which a nonresident minor of the State of Mississippi owns real estate or any interest in real estate may remove the disability of minority of such minor as to such real estate, so as to enable said minor to do and perform all acts with reference to such real estate, to sell and convey, to mortgage, to lease, and to make deeds of trust and contracts, including promissory notes, concerning said real estate, or any interest therein which may be owned by such minor, as fully and effectively as if said minor were twenty-one (21) years of age. The jurisdiction thus exercised shall be that of a court of general equity jurisdiction, and all presumptions in favor of that adjudged shall be accorded at all times.
MS Code § 93-19-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority|§ 93-19-3. Application; defendants

 The application therefor shall be made in writing by the minor by his next friend, and it shall state the age of such minor and join as defendants his parent or parents then living, or, if neither be living, two of his adult kin within the third degree, computed according to the civil law, and the reasons on which the removal of disability is sought; and, when such petition shall be filed, the clerk shall issue process as in other suits to make such person or persons parties defendants, which shall be executed and returned as in other cases, and shall make publication for nonresident defendants as required by law, and any person so made a party, or any other relative or friend of the minor, may appear and resist the application.   In cases where a minor has been adopted by decree of court, the adoptive parent or parents, or the next of kin of the adoptive parent, or parents, as the case may be, shall be joined as defendants in lieu of the natural parents or the next of kin of the natural parents, as herein provided. Where the custody and control of a minor has been by decree of court awarded to one of the natural parents to the exclusion of the other, it shall be sufficient herein to join as defendant only the parent to whom the custody and control has been awarded.
MS Code § 93-19-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority|§ 93-19-5. Application; when defendants are not necessary

 If the parent or parents then living, or, if they both be not living, if any two of his adult kin within the third degree shall unite with the minor and his next friend in his application, or if the minor has no parent then living and no kindred within the prescribed degree whose place of residence is known to him or his next friend, it shall not be necessary to make any person defendant thereto. But the court shall proceed to investigate the merits of such application, and decree thereon as in other cases.   In cases where a minor has been adopted by decree of court, the adoptive parent or parents, or the next of kin of the adoptive parent or parents, as the case may be, may unite with the minor and his next friend in his application in lieu of the natural parents or the next of kin of the natural parents, as herein provided. Where the custody and control of a minor has been by decree of court awarded to one of the natural parents or adopted parents, as the case may be, to the exclusion of the other, it shall be sufficient herein for only the parent to whom the custody and control has been awarded to unite with the minor and his next friend in his application, as herein provided.
MS Code § 93-19-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority|§ 93-19-7. Trial and decree

 When the proper persons have been made parties to the application, the court shall examine it, and the objections to it, if any, and may hear testimony in open court, in reference thereto, and shall make such decree thereon as may be for the best interest of the minor.
MS Code § 93-19-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority|§ 93-19-9. Terms of decree

 The decree may be for the partial removal of the disability of the minor so as to enable him to do some particular act proposed to be done and specified in the decree; or it may be general, and empower him to do all acts in reference to his property, and making contracts, and suing and being sued, and engaging in any profession or avocation, which he could do if he were twenty-one years of age; and the decree made shall distinctly specify to what extent the disability of the minor is removed, and what character of acts he is empowered to perform notwithstanding his minority, and may impose such restrictions and qualifications as the court may adjudge proper.
MS Code § 93-19-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority|§ 93-19-11. Married minor not under disability for purpose of action involving marital rights

 A married minor shall not be under the disability of minority for the purpose of bringing or defending a suit for divorce, separate maintenance and support, temporary maintenance or support, custody of children or any other action involving marital rights as between the parties, and any married minor may file or defend such a suit in his own name without the necessity of being represented by a next friend or guardian ad litem, and be considered adult for the purposes of such a suit.
MS Code § 93-19-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority|§ 93-19-13. Persons eighteen years of age or older competent to contract in matters affecting personal property

 All persons eighteen (18) years of age or older, if not otherwise disqualified, or prohibited by law, shall have the capacity to enter into binding contractual relationships affecting personal property. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any contracts entered into prior to July 1, 1976.   In any legal action founded on a contract entered into by a person eighteen (18) years of age or older, the said person may sue in his own name as an adult and be sued in his own name as an adult and be served with process as an adult.
MS Code § 93-19-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 19 - Removal of Disability of Minority|§ 93-19-15. Age requirements for participation in physiological training

  Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, persons eighteen (18) years of age or older shall be entitled to participate in physiological training.   For the purpose of this section, physiological training means the training of flying personnel, passengers, and crew members, military and civilian, which shall include instruction in one (1) or more of the following areas: altitude chamber flights; rapid decompression chamber flights; physiological effects of altitude; human factors in rapid decompression; oxygen equipment; cabin pressurization and decompression; pressure breathing; principles and problems of vision, spatial disorientation and other sensory phenomena; noise and vibration; speed; acceleration; escape from aircraft; emergency procedures; ejection seat and parachute training; and prechamber flight indoctrination.
MS Code § 93-22-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 22 - Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders|§ 93-22-1. Short title

 The provisions of this chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.