People like to classify things. That includes laws and lawyers. Both the public at large and we attorneys like to talk about different areas of the law as if they were nice and neat—totally separate from one another. For example, we talk about family law (or divorce law), personal injury law, contract law. "Oh," we might ...
Most laypersons don't understand just how state specific law is—or at least I didn't before I went to law school. That is very true about family law. There are some general principles that are mostly the same everywhere in the U.S., but the devil, as they say, is in the details.Ben ...
The Mississippi Department of Human Services is offering free paternity testing this month. This can save you anywhere between $300 to $500 dollars if you need a DNA paternity test to be run. Of course, there's a reason they're offering the free test.The state is paying the expenses because officials want to increase child support collections ...
Throughout the country, various public and private agencies exist to help parents get the child support they are due. Whether you are using one of these to help collect child support or you are paying child support to such an agency, you should do your research because some of them are scams. One example was recently ...
Like most men, I love gadgets. Unlike many lawyers, I'm not afraid to integrate new technology into my practice. Properly used, technology can often be what the military calls a force multiplier. That is, it can help you do more work than you can alone. One such piece of technology that can definitely help a lawyer ...