Adoption is a choice to bring a child
into your life who is so desperately
in need of your love and care.  It is
one of the greatest gifts that can
happen to a family and the child.

Any person may be adopted in
accordance with MS Code
Title 93 Chapter 17 by an unmarried
adult or by a married person whose
spouse joins in the petition.  The
adoption shall be by sworn petition
filed in the chancery court of the
county in which the adopting petitioner or petitioners reside or in which the child to be
adopted resides or was born, or was found when it was abandoned or deserted or in which
the home is located to which the child has been surrendered by  person authorized to so do.

The petition shall be accompanied by a doctor's or nurse practitioner's certificate showing
the physical and mental condition of the child to be adopted and a sworn statement of all
property, if any, owned by the child.  If the doctor's or nurse practitioner's certificate indicates
any abnormal mental or physical condition or defect, the condition or defect shall not in the
discretion of the chancellor bar the adoption of the child if the adopting parent or parents file
an affidavit stating full and complete knowledge of the condition or defect and stating a
desire to adopt the child, notwithstanding the condition or defect.  The court shall have the
power to change the name of the child as a part of the adoption proceedings.  The word
"child" herein shall be construed to refer to the person to be adopted, though an adult.
LAW OFFICE OF ANGELO DAMICO
ADOPTION
In the Interests of
Families and
Children
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