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Just Checking…
Marshall Ramsey sums up Mississippi’s current politico-religiosity in one frame.
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Hearsay, Hearsay, Read All About It.
Hearsay is any out of Court statement that is used to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Hearsay is basically ANYTHING that is said outside of the Courtroom by ANYBODY. It also includes...
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Beware of the Lemon Lawyer.
You’ve heard of the Lincoln Lawyer, but what about the Lemon Lawyer… Signs of the Lemon Lawyer: When you Call the Office and you Never get a Live Person. Voicemail has a purpose, but every time? Leave...
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Stop the Drama!
It’s exhausting! We get it…The constant bad-mouthing your ex is getting old. The overly dramatic posts on FB aren’t getting any likes. The permanent scowl you wear is wearing thin. Stop.
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Mississippi Law Unconstitutional; The Sky Did NOT Fall
HB1523 is the law that never was. Federal Judge Carlton Reeves issued an injunction preventing the law from taking effect, holding that it violated Constitutional protections provided by the Equal...
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Burn that Bridge. (Sometimes)
I routinely advise to not burn bridges. You never know when you may need the skills of others. And we know we can not navigate this world alone, successfully. But sometimes you just have to burn that...
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Don’t Play Games
It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt. I’m not talking about playing with your children. Too often I see adults playing games with the other parent’s time. It’s not a game. It’s...
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Noncustodial Parents Have Rights
Unless your rights have been terminated by a Judicial proceeding, either via Termination and/or Adoption, you have rights. MCA § 93-5-26 (click) provides that you, as a parent, have rights of access...
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Don’t Ask This Question.
There is a lawyer cliché to never ask a question that you do not know the answer to. Asking that question may get you a self-serving answer that you did not anticipate.It may open Pandora’s box of bad...
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#FB Politics Free Friday
It’s a thing. Only positive spoken here on this Friday! I propose that today, Friday, August 5, 2016, be FaceBook Politics Free Friday. A day where we don’t hear about Gold Stars, Benghazi, Campaign...
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Make Good Choices.
Life is about the choices we make. Becris/freedigitalphotos.net You have the option today of choosing to do things that will make your life, family and case better, or worse. Choose those things that...
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Don’t Be a Jerk
We have the chance everyday to be a jerk. Sometimes being the jerk is fun. Telling that so-and-so what you think of them can really be cathartic, but so can not telling them. What you do NOT know is...
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Child Testimony No-no; When having your child testify is the Wrong move.
Sometimes family law is the pits. You are in the fight of your life against the one person who promised before God and everybody to always love and cherish you. Where’s the love now? But dragging...
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Things NOT to tell the Police…
There’s an old joke…”You have the Right to remain silent, but do you have the Ability?” While my primary practice area is Family Law, there is some spillover into other areas. Through the years, I have...
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Always Get a Receipt: Proof of Payment
Cash is King, but only when you can prove you paid it! When a party alleges that the other has not paid their support obligations the Court looks to the payor to prove what was paid, not the payee to...
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Prenuptial Agreements:The Good, Bad & Ugly
I do not think this is what Benjamin Franklin had in mind… pre·nup·tial a·gree·ment- an agreement made by a couple before they marry concerning the ownership of their respective assets should the...
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Don’t Make It Worse…
STOP! In family law it is often desired by a party to do something to get back at the other. Even if the love of your life did something first that was mean, you don’t take retribution and do something...
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Take a Break.
You’ve tried it your way multiple times and are still getting the same results. Give it a rest. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Life does not always...
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