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You Never Marry the Right Person.
This thought provoking title was taken from an excerpt from The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller and appeared in Relevant Magazine. This title, while appearing startling, is actually pretty...
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Condoning Bad Behavior; Losing Grounds for Divorce
They cheated! You found out…you TRIED to work it out, but the trust has been broken and you just cannot get over it. You decide you have no choice but to file a suit for adultery. You’ll get your...
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Common Law Marriage is NOT so Common.
You live with someone for seven years, holding yourselves out as Mr. and Mrs., makes it legal, right? No. What about 10 years, 20 years? Nope. In 1956 the Mississippi legislature ended Common Law...
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Ringing In Valentine’s Day; Who gets the Ring when things go Wrong?
Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular days to get engaged! Along with Christmas and New Years, Valentine’s Day is the holiday for popping the question. But who gets the RING if things don’t pan...
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Great Dad!
Dads have rights too. I don’t know who to photo credit this picture, but hat tip to Hunter Brewer for sharing on FB this morning. Matthew Thompson is a family law attorney and knows that being a...
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Cheetah, Cheetah! (The Cheater Gets Nothing? Not Necessarily.)
Your dirty, no-good, lying, sorry sack of spouse is a CHEATER. Obviously when the Court hears about this that so-and-so will be excoriated and will never show their face again in town. They certainly...
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Mediating Family Law; Resolving Your Case on Your Terms or Not.
I will be mediating a family law case, or rather agreeing to mediate a divorce, custody and property division case in the near future. Mediation is a process whereby the parties agree to meet and...
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Churchill Wisdom; On Divorce
Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I’d poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I’d drink it. Matthew Thompson is a family law attorney and suggests you seek the...
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Churchill Wisdom; On Marriage
“My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.” -Winston Churchill “You never marry the right person.” (clickable) -Timothy Keller Matthew is a Family Law...
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Annulment; You say Potato, I say Oops!
Annulment is the process of revoking your marriage. It is a legal mechanism that dissolves the marriage by undoing it, as if the parties were never married. Annulment differs from divorce. Annulment...
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Churchill Wisdom; On Advice
“In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.” -Winston Churchill Following your attorney’s advice can be one of the more difficult aspects of divorce work, but you...
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Alimony, Palimony & Baloney
Alimony is one of the least understood aspects of a divorce. Alimony is a payment from one spouse (or ex-spouse) to the other, when a financial need exists. This payment is to maintain the receiving...
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Mopping It Up in a Divorce
The first factor considered in Equitable Distribution is Substantial Contribution to the Accumulation of the Property. (This blog is one in a series of blogs regarding Equitable Distribution in...
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Don’t Spend Money on Your Girlfriend!
Another factor considered in Equitable Distribution is the Degree to which each Spouse has Expended, Withdrawn or otherwise Disposed of Marital Assets and any prior distribution of such assets by...
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Purple Panty Pull-downs
Gotcha! Purple Panty Pull-downs, (a.k.a. Hunch Punch, Whoop Juice) is a college party drink of too much alcohol, kool-aid, sprite, and ice. It can lead to poor judgment, hangovers, injuries, arrests...
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Wild Divorce Laws; The Undivorce, Reconstructing a Marriage
One of my first posts on this site, way back, was a cut and paste job of an article I wrote a few years back for the Mississippi Bar Family Law Section Newsletter. It was entitled, I am an Undivorce …...
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s are the most important influence in a child’s life. A mom’s job is never done and frequently is under-appreciated, overworked and underpaid, except maybe “fringe” benefits. The modern...
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Car Wreck Attorney = Car Wreck Divorce
Hiring a Non-Family Lawyer for your Family Law Case May NOT be Best. I am not disparaging Car Wreck attorneys, except to the extent that they should not be taking on a contested divorce case unless...
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What’s the Right Answer? (Family Law Conundrums)
Basic Family Law 101: (in most instances) If you don’t know what the “right” legal answer is, do what’s “right,” and you’ll be fine. -Matthew Thompson Matthew Thompson is a Family Law Attorney in...
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5 More What NOT To-Dos in Family Law
I have blogged on FaceBook Don’ts twice before. 5 Family Law FaceBook Don’ts & 5 More FaceBook Don’ts. This one is a little more general, but are still things NOT to do in Family Law matters....
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