Making the choice to separate from your spouse is never easy. Unfortunately, this one choice is only the beginning. Through the process of a separation and divorce, you will need to make a countless number of decisions and change many elements of your life. One thing...
If you are like many people in America, you have at least one credit card. If you are married, together you and your spouse may have multiple cards with varying balances on them. Your spending habits may be different than your spouses and may even contribute to...
If you have been stopped by police under suspicion of a DUI, it is very possible that the officer will ask you to submit to a Breathalyzer test to determine your blood alcohol concentration. Generally, under Mississippi’s implied consent laws, anytime a driver gets...
When you got divorced, the courts probably issued a certain amount your partner would pay to help cover the costs of raising your children. But while prices are constantly growing, you’ll have to take special steps to make sure the support grows along with it. The...
For most Mississippi residents, the worst they can ever expect from a law enforcement traffic stop is probably a speeding ticket. But, any traffic stop has the potential to turn into something much more serious, if the law enforcement official who initiates the stop...
If you have never before run across the word “manimony,” that is because it is a recently coined nickname for the spousal support payments that courts require some high-earning wives to pay to their former husbands after a divorce. While manimony only occurs in...
When families are beginning the process of adopting a child in Mississippi, one of the parts of the process they will need to complete is called a home study. The purpose of a home study is for social workers to verify that a potential adoptive family is able to...
Choosing to divorce your spouse in Mississippi often is preceded by a lot of difficult decisions that may take you time to feel comfortable making. Choices of this magnitude can seem especially daunting when you know that they will affect your children. Helping them...
When a couple ends their marriage, many different hurdles surface. Some couples have difficulty due to financial issues, while others have an especially hard time dealing with custody matters. Moreover, child custody issues vary from one family to the next and there...
When you get a divorce, the State of Mississippi requires that you and your spouse divide your marital assets between you in a fair and equitable manner. But you can divide some assets much more easily than others. For instance, SmartAsset.com advises that dividing up...