Oktibbeha County Department of Human Services v. N.G.

McRAE, Presiding Justice,

for the. Court:

¶ 1. This case comes before this Court on two consolidated interlocutory appeals involving related matters of the Oktibbeha County Department of Human Services (DHS) in placing a child with out-of-state relatives without a hearing in Youth Court, thereby voiding the orders of the Youth Court, and resulting in DHS stating that it lost control of the child. Furthermore, this case involves the question of which jurisdiction has control over the child and whether all parties are before the Chancery Court of Oktibbeha County. Finding that the chancery court…