Mississippi Family Law Blog
Discusses family law issues, cases, and news in Mississippi.
Author: Robert M. Kisselburgh practices at the Kisselburgh Law Firm in Ridgeland, Miss. He also authors Mississippi Injury Law Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Family Law • States • Mississippi • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Mississippi Family Law Blog
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Mississippi Supreme Court sends case back to Chancellor for a third trial
Lamar County divorce case partially remanded back to Chancellor for third look Sometimes a case just never ends. That has to be the feeling for a divorce case out of Lamar County, Mississippi. Last week,…
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Child Support in Mississippi based on Adjusted Gross Income, not Gross Income
Mississippi Court reverses Chancellor for not making deductions before calculating child support The Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed a Jones County Chancellor for failing to make the statutory deductions from the non-custodial parent's gross income…
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Casinos collecting child support from winners in Colorado
New law authorizes casinos to collect child support from winners Colorado enacted a new law that requires casinos to do a computer check of any person winning more than $1,200. If they are delinquent, the…
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Facebook poke violates protective order
Tennessee woman faces contempt for Facebook "poke" A 36-year-old Tennessee woman was arrested and charged with violating a protective order that prohibited her from "telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating with the petitioner." How did she…
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Texas judge clears way for two gay men to divorce
Texas judge declares same-sex marriage ban violates equal protection clause Texas, just as Mississippi, has a ban on gay marriage. In Texas, voters approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and the Texas Family Code…
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Susan Stanford files malpractice case against divorce attorneys
Multimillion dollar lawsuit against divorce attorneys Susan Stanford, wife of jailed Houston, Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, filed a malpractice lawsuit against her previous divorce attorneys alleging they failed to inform her of a $200…
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Judge awards joint custody of dog
Dog shares time with split owners Here is another story of an expensive custody battle except in this case it was over a dog. A New Jersey couple spent the last three years battling over…
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Mississippi Supreme Court sets the record straight
Mississippi Supreme Court resolves conflicting opinions in irreconcilable divorces Last week, the Mississippi Supreme Court settled a dispute to a technical question in irreconcilable divorce cases. Many times, one party will file for divorce alleging…
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Mississippi offering free paternity testing
Is free paternity testing the answer to the problem in Mississippi? Mississippi Department of Human Services is offering free paternity testing in hopes of identifying parents who are not paying child support for their children.…
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Periodic alimony award reversed by Mississippi Court of Appeals
Alimony award reversed in Mississippi divorce The Mississippi Court of Appeals recently reversed an award of alimony in a divorce case from Neshoba County, Mississippi. In Sellers v. Sellers, the couple had a marital estate…