You’ve just decided (or found out) that you’re getting a divorce. You’ve arranged a meeting with one or more divorce lawyers. Bringing the following four items to your first meeting with a Mississippi divorce attorney will help him or her come up to speed on your situation and better evaluate your case. It will also save [...]
The other day, I had something happen to me that would have been devastating had it been discovered at trial. Another lawyer showed me a hard copy of someone’s Facebook page. This other lawyer had represented the opposing party in a recent divorce trial. What made this particular Facebook page important is that it was [...]
One of the several grounds for divorce in Mississippi is habitual cruel and inhuman treatment. There is no exact definition for this; I usually tell my clients that it’s like defining obscenity, I know it when I see it.
Generally, an isolated act of violence can support a divorce on these grounds, but it definitely helps when [...]
“Adoption by couples of the same gender is prohibited” in Mississippi by § 93-17-3(5) of the Mississippi Code. Anyone who follows the news knows that this is against the current trend of states allowing such adoptions. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in February of this year, issues its opinion on a [...]
I frequently receive telephone calls from people with questions about payment of support obligations following a divorce. Some of the people are, of course, on the receiving end (or are supposed to be), and others are on the paying side of things. I recently received a call that gave me pause because I had never [...]