Archive for September, 2010
In the 12th District, we have long had a practice of requiring the attorney to appear personally to confer with the judge in a pre-adoption conference without the adoptive parent(s) in uncontested adoptions. Some out-of-district lawyers question why we deem this necessary. Imagine getting your client and spouse to take a day off of work, [ READ MORE ]
An item on the national news yesterday piqued my interest. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has sponsored a quiz testing people’s awareness of and knowledge about other religions. You can take the quiz yourself here. It’s only 15 questions and has no political content. The questions are exclusively about the beliefs and [ READ MORE ]
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Chancery Court Practice Seminar October 22 Mississippi College School of Law will host a three hour Chancery Court Practice seminar on October 22. Judge Cynthia Brewer, Judge Dan Fairly and Judge Patricia Wise will present their Views from the Bench and Rules of Court. The seminar has been approved for three hours of CLE credit [ READ MORE ]
From the Mississippi Bar’s BAR BRIEFS … October 1 Is Deadline to Submit Comments on Proposed Mandatory Pro Bono Rule The Mississippi Supreme Court Rules Committee on the Legal Profession seeks comments on two proposed rule changes. The first proposed change would amend Rule 6.1 of the Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct. As proposed the [ READ MORE ]
We should all be familiar with the landmark case of Williams v. Williams, 843 So.2d 720 (Miss. 2003), in which the Mississippi Supreme Court held that it “refuse[s] to sanction the manifest injustice of forcing a man to support a child which science has proven not to be his.” In Williams, the father did not know [ READ MORE ]
Unanimously, yet. This from the Bar’s BAR BRIEFS … Board of Commissioners Unanimously Oppose Proposed Rule 6.1 Changes By a unanimous vote, the Bars Board of Commissioners voted to oppose the proposed amendments to Rule 6.1. The Board of Bar Commissioners expressed its collective opinion that the proposed changes would be counterproductive to the goal [ READ MORE ]
The only thing I am hearing on mandatory pro bono (MPB) from lawyers in east Mississippi is stony silence. You would think that a measure with so many ramifications for lawyers, particularly small-town lawyers of which we have many, would provoke a major reaction. Meanwhile, down the board, you will find an earlier post and some [ READ MORE ]
_____ Judgment opening the estate or admitting will to probate is filed, and there is no contest. _____ Oath of Executor/Administrator filed. _____ The Executor/Administrator has properly filed his or her bond, or it was waived by the will or by sworn petition of all heirs with entry of a court order authorizing the waiver. _____ [ READ MORE ]
The renovated “old courtroom” upstairs in the Clarke County Courthouse was dedicated today in a program attended by Clarke Countians and elected officials. This is what the official program said about the renovation: “Clarke County’s present Court House was constructed in the heart of the county seat in 1912. Nearly 60 years later, in 1969, the [ READ MORE ]
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