Mississippi's Laws Regarding Adoptions Records

Mississippi

Statute: §§ 43-21-257(1),(3),(4); 43-21-259; 43-21-261(5)(b)(c), (6)-(7), (14)-(19)

Records Confidential: Yes

Persons with access to records

• CPS/State Agencies

• Courts/Judges

• Law Enforcement

• Attorneys General/Prosecutors

• Attorneys, GAL's

• Physicians

• Reporters of Abuse

• Parents/Guardians

• Treatment Providers

• Public/Any Person

Persons without access to records

• Agencies From Other States

• Grand Juries

• Researchers

• Employers

• Coroners

• Review Teams

• Subject of Reports

Other School personnel Foster Care Review Board Interagency Child Abuse Task Force Ministers Public disclosure of child fatality or near fatality cases

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