Legal Opinion
In re D.D.H.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 2018No. 2016–CA–01530–SCTPublished
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERLIN, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT
¶ 1. Patrick Latrell Gray and Felecia Hannah Dotch petitioned the Attala County Chancery Court to allow Gray to adopt D.D.H. without terminating Dotch's parental rights. After consideration, the chancellor denied the petition. Aggrieved, Gray and Dotch appeal, arguing that their due-process and equal-protection rights were infringed.
¶ 2. After review, we reverse. The chancellor erred, as a matter of law, in finding that Mississippi Code Sections 93-17-3(4) and 93-17-13(2) (Supp. 2017) bar the adoption. As D.D.H.'s adoption by Gray is not barred by statute, it…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Burrell v. Mississippi State Tax Com'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- 5K Farms, Inc. v. Mississippi Department of RevenueMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
- Adoption of D.N.T. v. R.D.H.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2003
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