Mississippi Essential Services; COVID-19 & Executive Order 1463
While we are operating under a Shelter-in-Place Order, some of us are deemed essential and are still carrying on. Below is a cut and paste job of Mississippi’s listing of “Essential” businesses and...
View ArticleMississippi Doctor Makes State, Nation Proud; How “One” Person can make a...
Mississippi making national news is usually a very, very bad thing. However, UMMC pediatric anesthesiologist, Dr. Charles Robertson has Mississippi in the spotlight for all of the right reasons. Dr....
View ArticleSomebody can always do it cheaper…is that better?
Cheaper is NOT always better. Everyone wants a good deal, myself included. However, often in life you get what you pay for! We’ve all seen the advertisement for the $500 divorce. That could be a really...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Covid-19 & Homeschooling.
“I’d rather have him watch classic Godzilla movies and play in the yard and pretend to be a Jedi rather than figure out basic math.” A Boston, MA parent is tired of homeschooling his kindergartener....
View ArticleMS Bar Convention Cancelled
For the first time in 15 years I will not be attending the annual Mississippi Lawyer’s meeting in San Destin, FL. https://www.msbar.org/news/bar-convention-in-florida-canceled/ This convention is one...
View ArticleLeadership: MS Style…
lead·er·ship noun the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Mississippi is in the headlines again. This time due to MS being the last state in the country that has the Confederate...
View ArticleDon’t Make Promises for Other People
We have the best of intentions… It’s satisfying to help someone, but sometimes we are not in a position to help. It’s always nice to be able to provide the right answer, but sometimes we do not know...
View ArticleChancery Courts, Covid and YOu.
The Capital Area Bar Association (CABA) recently held it’s second in a series of offerings featuring local Judges in the area discussing the Court’s efforts to adapt to continuing with Court in this...
View ArticleParent Tip of the Day: Delete SnapChat and TikTok
Social Media makes it very easy to stay in touch and plugged in. Too easy… Parenting has always been a hard, full-time job. With the availability of technology at our finger tips, it seemingly is...
View ArticleWhen the GATES Come Crashing Down; Bill Gates’ Divorce and How it Impacts YOU.
The celebrity divorce du jour is Bill & Melinda Gates. After over a quarter century of marriage, Melinda Gates has sought a no-fault divorce from Bill Gates in the state of Washington. The parties...
View ArticleDoes it Take an Act of Congress to Get a Divorce…in Mississippi?
The Mississippi Constitution of 1817, Article VI, Section 17 , provided that “Divorces from the bonds of matrimony, shall not be granted but in cases provided for by law, by suit in Chancery; provided...
View ArticleMississippi Just Said No to Drugs, Your Right to Ballot IniTiatives, & Legal...
The Mississippi Supreme Court said because Mississippi has 4 congressional districts instead of the 5- when the ballot initiative process was approved, it makes the legal requirements impossible to...
View ArticleLegal Citation of the Decade: Madison the City, an Old Scandal and FOUL...
A recent decision ended the litigation between the Estate of Mark Mayfield vs. The City of Madison. It was a sordid affair involving the Cochran nursing home scandal, a hotly contested U.S. Senate...
View ArticleDivorce rate and your laundry…
That one sock and your former spouse, where are they now?
View ArticleMemorial Day – In memoriam
Memorial Day is a day to remember and honor those who have died in service to this Country. On Memorial Day, the flag of the United States is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly...
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