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MATTER OF M.A.S.

No. 2017-CA-00541-SCT.

245 So.3d 410 (2018)

In the MATTER OF the Petition of M.A.S. for Adoption of the Minor Child Described Herein: M.A.S. v. Mississippi Department of Human Services a/k/a Department of Child Protection Services, A.B.G.P. and C.P.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 7, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: DIANNE HERMAN ELLIS , Ocean Springs.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BY: KIMBERLY MICHELLE HENRY , Jackson, DALANEY LEE MECHAM.

BEFORE WALLER, C.J., COLEMAN AND MAXWELL, JJ.

¶ 1. Prior to April 2016, a chancellor could, as part of a contested adoption, terminate the parents' rights, even when the termination issue was pending in youth court as part of a child-abuse proceeding.1 But in April 2016, the adoption and termination-of-parental-rights statutes...

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