OKTIBBEHA COUNTY DHS v. N.G.

Nos. 1998-IA-01771-SCT, 1999-IA-01863-SCT.

782 So.2d 1226 (2001)

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and Catherine Jones in Her Official Capacity As Director of Oktibbeha County Department of Human Services, v. N.G. F.G. and P.G., v. N.G.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bridgette E. Williams, Jackson, for Appellants in No. 1998-IA-01771-SCT.

Omar D. Craig, Oxford, for Appellants in No. 1999-IA-01863-SCT.

Charles T. Yoste, Starkville, Harry M. Yoste, Jr., Gulfport, for Appellee.

EN BANC.


McRAE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case comes before this Court on two consolidated interlocutory appeals involving related matters of the Oktibbeha County Department of Human Services (DHS) in placing a child with out-of-state relatives without a hearing in Youth Court, thereby voiding the orders of the Youth Court, and resulting in DHS stating that it lost control of the child. Furthermore, this case involves the question of which jurisdiction...

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