{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-21-357","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-357","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-357","body":"(1) After receiving a report, the youth court intake unit shall promptly make a preliminary inquiry to determine whether the interest of the child, other children in the same environment or the public requires the youth court to take further action. As part of the preliminary inquiry, the youth court intake unit may request or the youth court may order the Department of Child Protection Services, the Department of Human Services--Division of Youth Services, any successor agency or any other qualified public employee to make an investigation or report concerning the child and any other children in the same environment, and present the findings thereof to the youth court intake unit. If the youth court intake unit receives a neglect or abuse report, the youth court intake unit shall immediately forward the complaint to the Department of Child Protection Services to promptly make an investigation or report concerning the child and any other children in the same environment and promptly present the findings thereof to the youth court intake unit. If it appears from the preliminary inquiry that the child or other children in the same environment are within the jurisdiction of the court, the youth court intake unit shall recommend to the youth court:\n\n(a) That the youth court take no action;\n\n(b) That an informal adjustment be made;\n\n(c) That the Department of Child Protection Services monitor the child, family and other children in the same environment;\n\n(d) That the child is warned or counseled informally;\n\n(e) That the child be referred to the youth court intervention court; or\n\n(f) That a petition be filed.\n\n(2) The youth court shall then, without a hearing:\n\n(a) Order that no action be taken;\n\n(b) Order that an informal adjustment be made;\n\n(c) Order that the Department of Child Protection Services monitor the child, family and other children in the same environment;\n\n(d) Order that the child is warned or counseled informally;\n\n(e) That the child be referred to the youth intervention court; or\n\n(f) Order that a petition be filed.\n\n(3) If the preliminary inquiry discloses that a child needs emergency medical treatment, the judge may order the necessary treatment.","path":["MS Code","Title 43"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T20:49:39Z","sha256":"d799f63bfe8a5f8f7b4a0a9ba0c94a22dd8ccb7735da66ef396db2ab84e81561","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-21-355","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-21-401","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}