43-15-15 - Registry of children in custody of State Department of Public Welfare and public or private agencies. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 43-15-15. Registry of children in custody of State Department of Public Welfare and public or private agencies.
 

The State Department of Public Welfare shall maintain a registry of children whose custody lies with them and private or public agencies licensed by the department. Said registry shall contain classifications of children as: 
 

(a) Temporary custody for evaluation, not to exceed three (3) months; 

(b) Temporary custody not to exceed one (1) year with the plan to return custody to the natural parents; 

(c) Temporary custody, not to exceed two (2) years, with a plan to free for adoption; 

(d) Children freed for adoption; 

(e) Children ages fourteen (14) and above who have voluntarily chosen not to be adopted and cannot be returned to their own homes; and 

(f) Children who are institutionalized and for whom placement in an adoptive home is not feasible. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1978, ch. 443, § 1(4), eff from and after passage (approved March 28, 1978).