Parties to An Adoption
Mississippi
Who May Adopt
Statute: § 93-17-3
• An unmarried
adult
• A married
person jointly with his spouse
• State
resident for a least 90 days, except in an agency adoption
Adoption by persons of the same gender is
prohibited.
Who May Be Adopted
Statute: § 93-17-3
Any person
Who May Place a Child for Adoption
Statute: §§ 93-17-5; 93-17-9
• The parent(s)
• Any two
adult kin of the child if both parents are deceased
• A guardian ad
litem of an abandoned child
• A
child-placing agency to whom the child has been surrendered
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