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In Re Edwards

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 5, 1974No. 48052PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

298 So.2d 703 (1974)

In the Interest of Melvin Junior EDWARDS, a minor.

No. 48052.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 5, 1974.

Elliott Andalman, Hattiesburg, James A. Williams, Meridian, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy and Pete Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

Melvin Junior Edwards and his brother, after the death of their parents, were declared to be neglected children by decree of the Chancery Court of Winston County, Mississippi, dated September 11, 1965. They were put into the custody of the Winston County Welfare…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Hopkins v. Youth Court of Issaquena CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Sharp v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
  4. In Re LongMississippi Supreme Court · 1966

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In Interest of TLCMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  2. E.K. v. Mississippi Department of Child Protection ServicesMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  3. In the Interest of N.W.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Prewitt v. City of OxfordMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. MILYANOVICH v. FeeleyCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009

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