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.  In addition, the petition shall be accompanied by
affidavits of the petitioner or petitioners stating the amount of the service fees charged by
any adoption agencies or adoption facilitators used by the petitioner or petitioners and any
other expenses paid by the petitioner or petitioners in the adoption process as of the time of
filing the petition.   

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" in this section 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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