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Section 93-15-129 - Petitions involving sexual abuse or serious bodily injury treated as preference case

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In any case where a child has been removed from the custody and care of the parent due to sexual abuse or serious bodily injury to the child, or is not living in the home of the offending parent, the court shall treat the petition for termination of parental rights as a preference case to be determined with all reasonable expedition.Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 431, HB 1240, 16, eff. 4/18/2016.