Archive for October, 2010
In the post below about Elvis in Meridian I posed the question about the building with the three arches. Turns out it was the YMCA located on the corner of 23rd Avenue and Ninth Street, which is now the location of WTOK-TV. The television station renovated the building and removed the arches and porch roofs. [ READ MORE ]
I have to confess to my second tour this weekend of that mystical shrine of tackiness, Graceland in Memphis, home of Elvis Presley and spiritual Mecca for his adherents. We took some Louisiana relatives who had never been there. It got me thinking about what I had heard for years — that Elvis had performed [ READ MORE ]
This article is copied from the Washington Post online edition. After you read it, you may have an unsettling sense of unreality. Lawyers charging $850 an hour for a divorce? Billing for more than 7 hours a day, 365 days a year? Billing for as many as 71 hours in a day? $624,000 in fees [ READ MORE ]
“Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.” — George Carlin “Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.” — Will Rogers “A traveling salesman, seeing a farmer [ READ MORE ]
You’re handling an estate of a decedent whose spouse predeceased him. The decedent was a man of modest means with a two-bedroom home in town, some furniture and appliances, an older car, some savings and $6,000 in a 401(k) account. There’s not enough cash to pay all the creditors’ claims. The surviving children and grandchildren [ READ MORE ]
Frank Lewis appeared personally in court with his attorney and joined in a request that his son be appointed his conservator. The idea for the conservatorship arose out of some financial dealings by other members of the family who had powers of attorney. After a hearing with no record, the Chancellor ruled that a guardian should [ READ MORE ]
Rule 503 of the Mississipi Rules of Evidence (MRE) sets out the familiar physician- and psychotherapist-patient privilege that has long been a part of our law. Subsection (d) (4) was amended in 2004 to remove the privilege in certain proceedings related to child custody. The rule states: There is no privilege under this rule for [ READ MORE ]
There will be a retirement reception honoring Chancellor Sebe Dale, Jr., 10th Chancery Court District, on Friday, November 12 at the Marion County Chancery Court Annex, 250 Broad Street in Columbia, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All members of the bar are invited and encouraged to attend. Dale’s district includes Forrest, Lamar, Marion, Pearl [ READ MORE ]
The time has come to close that guardianship you opened a few years back to receive a personal injury settlement on behalf of a minor ward. So how are you going to go about closing it? MCA § 93-13-77 provides that “When the guardianship shall cease in any manner, the guardian shall make a final settlement [ READ MORE ]
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