Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2686

Introduced

1/19/26

Refer

1/19/26

Failed

2/3/26

Termination of parental rights; require appointment of guardian ad litem in all cases of with limited exception.

No companion bills found.

Attorney and guardian ad litem for child during termination of parental rights proceeding; remove requirement to have both.

Department of Child Protection Services; revise provision related to guardian ad litems and CPS representation by counsel.

Guardian ad litem; authorize to be paid a reasonable fee for services to a child.

Health-care decisions; require parental consent for those affecting unemancipated minors with limited exceptions.

Department of Child Protection Services; amend provision related to durable legal guardianship as permanency option.

Department of Child Protection Services; amend provision related to durable legal guardianship as permanency option.

Custody; create rebuttable presumption of joint custody with equal parenting time.

Expunction; allow after 20 years of good behavior with certain exceptions.

Mississippi Gestational Carrier, Surrogacy and In Vitro and Parent Act; enact.

Durable legal custody; remove as dispositional alternative in neglect and abuse cases.

No similar bills found.