18 MAC Pt. 315, R. 5.4

Court Ordered Home Studies – If a court orders a home study on a family not currently involved with MDCPS, the Licensure Supervisor will notify the court and the applicants of the MDCPS fee for court-ordered home studies. A request made by a court (other than the youth court) or a private attorney must include the home study fee prior to MDCPS completing the home study. The standard home study fee is $350, made by check payable to the Treasurer, State of Mississippi, and sent directly to the MDCPS Finance Unit. The Court-Ordered Home Study format will be used because these homes are not being licensed. Training and fingerprinting will be the responsibility of the agency or state who requests that service and not MDCPS.