K.S. v. M.D. and M.F.D.

Summary

The Court affirmed the termination of K.S.'s parental rights and the adoption of Jane. It held that the chancery court acquired jurisdiction after the youth court formally relinquished jurisdiction, and that substantial evidence supported termination based on K.S.'s substance abuse, abandonment, desertion, instability, and lack of contact. The Court also declined to adopt a blanket rule requiring adoption proceedings to be stayed during an appeal of a termination judgment because the request was moot and Mississippi law leaves stays to the trial court's discretion.