Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 93-16-1 (2026)
Jurisdiction of court to grant grandparents visitation rights with minor child
✓ current as of July 2026
Any court of this state which is competent to decide child custody matters shall have jurisdiction to grant visitation rights with a minor child or children to the grandparents of such minor child or children as provided in this chapter.
Laws, 1983, ch. 497, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 537, § 1, eff. 7/1/1990.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27
cases, 1986–2015 · leading case: Stacy v. Ross, 798 So. 2d 1275 (Miss. 2001).
Stacy v. Ross, 798 So. 2d 1275 (Miss. 2001). “The Stacys responded that they had not received an executed judgment from which the contempt was alleged until July 7, 1999, [1] after the visitation was to occur.”
Morgan v. West, 812 So. 2d 987 (Miss. 2002). “Jackie West ("West"), mother of Derek and grandmother of Zack, filed a Petition to Establish Grandparents' Visitation Rights pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 93-16-1 et seq. On November 18, 1999.”
Woodell v. Parker, 860 So. 2d 781 (Miss. 2003). “In 1983 the Mississippi Legislature enacted the Grandparents' Visitation Rights Statutes, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 93-16-1 to 7. Miss.Code Ann.”
Zeman v. Stanford, 789 So. 2d 798 (Miss. 2001). “The statute provides in pertinent part: (1) Whenever a court of this state enters a decree or order awarding custody of a minor child to one (1) of the parents of the child or terminating the parental rights of one (1) of the parents of a minor child, or whenever one (1) of the…”
Martin v. Coop, 693 So. 2d 912 (Miss. 1997). “PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court: This case is an appeal from a decree awarding the grandparents of Jesse Robert Coop ("Jesse") visitation, pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. §§ 93-16-1 et seq. The Coops are the parents of Jesse's deceased father.”
Dearman v. Dearman, 811 So. 2d 308 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “With their counter-claim, the Dearmans asked the chancellor to grant them grandparents visitation privileges pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 93-16-1 [13] once the chancellor had awarded custody to one of the natural parents.”
Dalphanie Lofton v. Ruby N. Lofton, 176 So. 3d 1184 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015). “Mississippi Code Annotated section 93-16-1 (Rev. 2013) provides: “Any court of this state which is competent to decide child custody matters shall have jurisdiction to grant visitation rights with a minor child .”
Rutland v. Pridgen, 493 So. 2d 952 (Miss. 1986). “Under the narrow facts of this case we grant Pridgen 120 days from the date of the mandate of this Court to petition the chancery court for visitation rights consistent with Mississippi Code Annotated, § 93-16-1 to § 93-16-7 (Supp. 1985). REVERSED AND RENDERED.”
Olson v. Flinn, 484 So. 2d 1015 (Miss. 1986). “PRATHER, Justice, for the Court: This case requires an interpretation of the recently enacted Grandparents' Visitation Rights statutes contained in Miss. Code Ann. § 93-16-1 through § 93-16-7 (Supp.”
Ferguson v. Lewis, 31 So. 3d 5 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). “]" Miss.Code Ann. § 93-16-1 (Supp.2008). Mississippi Code Annotated section 93-16-3(2) and (3) (Rev.”
Arrington v. Thrash, 122 So. 3d 144 (Miss. Ct. App. 2013). “There is no authority in the grandparent visitation statutes, Mississippi Code Annotated section 93-16-1 to -7 (Rev.2004 & Supp.2012), for change of a birth certificate, nor can we find any general- statute addressing the change of the name of a minor child on a birth…”
Hillman v. Vance, 910 So. 2d 43 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “In the early 1980’s, the Mississippi Legislature enacted the grandparents’ visitation rights statutes, found at Mississippi Code Annotated Section 93-16-1 to 7 (Rev.2004). These statutes delineate how a grandparent may seek the opportunity to secure legal visitation with a…”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 93-16-1(2) — 1 case
Stacy v. Ross, 798 So. 2d 1275 (Miss. 2001). “The Stacys responded that they had not received an executed judgment from which the contempt was alleged until July 7, 1999, [1] after the visitation was to occur.”
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