R.B. ex rel. V.D. v. State

SMITH, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. R.B., an unmarried and unemanci-pated minor, filed her petition pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § § 41-41-51 to 63 (1993) and UCCR 10.01, for a waiver of parental consent for an abortion. The Chancery Court of Panola County denied her waiver of consent, finding that R.B. was not mature and well-informed enough to make the abortion decision on her own, and that having an abortion would not be in R.B.’s best interest. Counsel representing R.B. filed a Request for Certification in the chancery court for the purpose of appealing the Final Judgment, and the record was…