We all hope to be elderly one day. We might even have elderly in our lives. We’ll learn what are some rights to look out for and our guest – attorney Richard Courtney will answer questions. Our guest has quite a lot of information on his website: https://elderlawms.com You can watch a video and read information. You can also request a free planning guide for assisting special needs children and adults with finances and rights. Richard Courtney has graced us with his presents many times. Discussi...
May 02, 2023•41 min
Have you thought about getting a divorce? We’ll learn what you need to know and how the process works in Mississippi with guest attorney, Francis Springer. https://www.springerlawoffice.com/ Baby boomer divorce rates have risen dramatically over the last 30 years. So-called gray divorce rates, amongst adults aged 50+, the national divorce rate has roughly doubled since 1990. For those aged 65+, it has actually tripled, from 2 in 1,000 married persons to 6 in 1,000. This indicates people over 50 ...
Apr 25, 2023•45 min
I have some good news for some of you – you can still file your 2022 taxes today (April 18th, 2023) and not be late! TODAY is tax filing day! Not the 15th. Do you need some last-minute advice? That’s what we’re here for. or this is the show you need to start organizing for 2023 - be kind to your future self! I’m sure, because they’re adorable and eye-catching, the IRS has added some cats to their twitter post images. Today they’ve got “There’s no stopping time. But last-minute IRS tips can help ...
Apr 18, 2023•46 min
This isn’t MPB’s Auto correct but we’re going to talk about cars today – or car wrecks, I should say. We’ll learn about fault, negligence, and bike accidents too. Our guest is attorney Baskin Jones. https://injuredinmississippi.com/about-us/ Sometimes, when I’m sitting at a computer, I’ll start clicking on a website that will get me thinking of another topic so I go off to look at that information. If you find yourself going down rabbit holes, you’ll love visiting the Mississippi Insurance Depar...
Apr 11, 2023•46 min
With laws, we craft them, then hopefully abide by them. Contact your senators and legislators to get laws passed or repealed and learn the laws so you know your rights. We’re talking about gun rights today with our guest attorney, Reed Martz. We are thankful that attorney Reed Martz has joined us in the past.. HOAs 05/31/23 http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-hoas-2022 & 06/18/19 http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-home-owners-associations Gun Righ...
Apr 04, 2023•44 min
Sometimes things just aren’t going your way and you feel the need to tell someone about it. We’re talking about Free Speech and the Right to Protest with our guest Professor Chris Green https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/christopher-green/ Freedom of Speech is a pretty important right and we’ve discussed it a couple of times but in the distant past. March 12th of 2019 http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/5cd2d695f9e59c9966257624 April 25th of 2017 http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/e...
Mar 28, 2023•45 min
Our guest protects children and strengthens families. We’re pleased to welcome Andrea Sanders, Commissioner for Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services. https://www.mdcps.ms.gov/about/commissioners-message Foster Parent Recruitment – Things you should know https://www.mdcps.ms.gov/programs/foster-care When you go to Heart Gallery – part of the MDCPS website – you will truly fell a tugging in your heart. There are bios listed for children who are waiting for adoption https://www.mdcps...
Mar 21, 2023•46 min
We want you to know what your rights are when borrowing money. Whether it’s for a house or if you need a quick loan. That’s why we’ve asked Mississippi Center for Justice attorney: Max Meyers, Director of Economic Justice to join us. The contact number for his department is 601-709-2141. For those who face payday lenders or are looking at foreclosure, the assistance the Mississippi Center for Justice provides is wonderful. But if you aren’t facing that problem, maybe you can help by joining the ...
Mar 14, 2023•47 min
A consumer is entitled to a refund if the airline cancelled a flight, regardless of the reason, and the consumer chooses not to travel. Also: A consumer is entitled to a refund if the airline made a significant schedule change and/or significantly delays a flight and the consumer chooses not to travel. According to the US Department of Transportation: if you have a flight cancellation or delay that was controllable by the airline you might be entitled to: Rebook passenger on same airline at no a...
Mar 08, 2023•46 min
Guests: Megan McGrew, J.D., MBA, Lean Certified, PMP, SSBB; Technology Committee Chair for The Mississippi Bar and Director of Legal Process Engineering at Baker Donelson https://www.bakerdonelson.com/s-megan-mcgrew and Adam Kilgore, General Council for The Mississippi Bar https://www.msbar.org/media/3117/adam-kilgore.pdf. Whether you’re an attorney or might one day be a client, check out The Mississippi Bar website: ms bar dot org. So much information that’s good to know. https://www.msbar.org/...
Feb 28, 2023•46 min
The contents of a will or the lack of one can tear a family apart. What happens if a new, unknow family members asserts they are a descendent due to DNA testing? We’ll talk wills and estates with attorney Kelly Kyle. http://www.kyle-wynn.com/ Kyle Wynn is an exclusively elder law and estate planning law firm serving clients in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee for more than forty-two years from offices in Madison, Hernando, and Diamondhead, Mississippi, and Arcadia, Louisiana http://www2.cou...
Feb 21, 2023•45 min
What a month we’ve had. Weather balloons collecting data, unidentified aerial phenomenon doing who knows what. If something is flown over your house, what are your rights? Can you pilot a device wherever you’d like? We’re talking Air and Space Law with one of its directors – Professor Michelle Hanlon. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/michelle-hanlon/ Senate Bill 2022 ( passed in 2015) According to this law, any person who looks through a window, hole, or opening, or otherwise views by m...
Feb 14, 2023•50 min
Are you ready to place your bets on the Super Bowl? How about on Ole Miss repeating as baseball champs? Where and how can you do that in Mississippi? Our guest, professor Ron Rychlak is our guest. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/ronald-j-rychlak/ If you or someone you know lets gambling get out of hand, you can call The Mississippi Council on Problem and Compulsive Gambling. Their phone number is 1-888-777-9696 the website is: http://www.msgambler.org/ https://www.msgamingcommission.co...
Feb 07, 2023•48 min
We’re learning from the General Council of the Mississippi Department of Public Service what’s new! Eric Brown will tell us about the Mobile ID. When you go to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s website: https://www.dps.ms.gov/ you can select “Drivers Service Appointment” and then pick from first time, renewals, reinstatement of driver license, firearm permits, sex offender registration, and more. If you would like to anonymously report information regarding crimes, that can save law ...
Jan 31, 2023•46 min
Every time you go to the doctor’s office you have to fill out a HIPPA form. What is that? Is it taking away my rights? Is it protecting my rights? We’ll learn with University of Mississippi Medical Center attorney, Benson Hill, Privacy and Information Security Officer: what is HIPPA? To learn more about Heath Information Privacy, go straight to the source: the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/index.html has multiple webpages explaining...
Jan 24, 2023•45 min
Let’s start the new year off right, making sure your compensation is fair and legal. Today we’ll discuss wage and hour law with our guest, attorney Francis Springer. We’ll learn about the Fair Labor Standards Act and how it regulates how many employees are paid. https://www.springerlawoffice.com/ The FirstStep Poster Advisor is one of a series of elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) developed by the U.S. Department of Labor to help employers and employees understan...
Jan 17, 2023•47 min
Welcome to 2023. We know we have both lawyers and people who might be clients one day who listen to our show. We hope in 2023, you’ll be the best you can be. We learn from our guest Mississippi Bar General Council Adam Kilgore “what makes a good lawyer” and “what makes a good client”. The website: https://www.msbar.org/ is a wealth of information. There’s a video explaining jury duty, there’s a sheet that explains the court system in Mississippi. I like the legal terms and procedures page. (I fo...
Jan 10, 2023•45 min
ENCORE FROM 07/13/2021 Anyone have a 16 to 21-year-old? Or know one? What do you need to know that you can or can’t do when you turn 18? Are you an adult? Are the parents still “in charge”? Guest: attorney Baskin Jones https://injuredinmississippi.com/ who was on our show January 26th 2021 when we talked about Cycling and Insurance. http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-cycling-and-insurance MS Code 1-3-27: The term “minor,” when used in any statute, shall include any person,...
Jan 03, 2023•49 min
ENCORE FROM 01/25/2022 What are some of the laws surrounding teaching? How does our state teach how our citizens obtained their legal rights? Is Critical Race Theory new? Our guest is Chauncey Spears, Education Policy Analyst from the Mississippi Center for Justice. https://mscenterforjustice.org/ https://mscenterforjustice.org/academic-freedom/ The Center supports every student’s right to a good education. This support includes fighting unjust attempts at whitewashing the history of racism in M...
Dec 27, 2022•51 min
We’re joined by Professor Matthew Hall today to learn about our rights when dealing with the police – when they stop you, when they come to your home. On Friday, June 19, 2020, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba signed an executive order amending the Use of Force Policy for the Jackson Police Department . It’s on the JPD website. Many police departments have website, facebook pages, and other ways you can learn about the police in your area. https://www.jacksonms.gov/departments/jackson-police-departmen...
Dec 20, 2022•45 min
Have you been buying lots of “stuff” this month? What if your purchase is defective? What if it is dangerous? We’re talking about the world of product liability with our guest attorney Baskin Jones. https://injuredinmississippi.com/ Previous podcasts with Baskin: 08/09/2022 Insurance http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-insurance 01/18/2022 Subpoenas http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-subpoenas 07/13/2021 Turning 18 http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/ep...
Dec 13, 2022•46 min
What do you wish for? Legally speaking, I mean? Does Mississippi or our country have laws it shouldn’t or what does it need? If you could make the laws, what would you wish for? Past wishes: HB 530 The "Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022" The average annual teacher raise will be $5,140, and the raise will begin for the 2022-2023 school year. Starting teacher pay will increase from $37,123 to $41,638, putting Mississippi above the southeastern...
Dec 06, 2022•46 min
One show will generate questions that will inspire a topic for another show. Last week we talked about wills and we had a caller who asked about trustees. So that’s today’s topic. What are their duties? How do you get one? How do you get rid of one? Our guest to help us: Richard Courtney https://elderlawms.com/ Past podcasts with Richard Courtney as our guest: http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-guest-richard-courtney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Nov 29, 2022•46 min
Today’s topic is one we’ve covered many times but still so many of us die without a will or without having made estate plans. This Thanksgiving is a great time to talk with your family about your plans, their plans, and where the plans are written down. If you need a starting point for crafting your estate plan, MPB has got a digital worksheet for you. Freewill is a site that will help you organize your estate plan so you can get started. https://www.freewill.com/mpbfoundation The University of ...
Nov 22, 2022•46 min
We hope you don’t need a public defender but its good to know how the system works. Our guest is the State Defender, André de Gruy who will tell us about the agency, who they defend and where. https://www.ospd.ms.gov/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 15, 2022•47 min
It’s election day – I hope you’ll exercise your civic duty and vote. Our guest is an elected official that is NOT up for re-election just now – it’s Hinds County Justice Court Judge Kenny Lewis. We’ve also got Justice Court Clerk Patricia Woods. https://courts.ms.gov/trialcourts/justicecourt/justicecourt.php Judge Kenny Lewis http://www.hindscountyms.com/court-systems/justice-court-judges/district-4 Justice Court Clerk Patricia Woods http://www.hindscountyms.com/departments/justice-court Manual ...
Nov 08, 2022•46 min
A recent ruling stated giving pandemic relief funds to private schools for infrastructure improvements is unconstitutional. We’ll learn about this case with one of the attorneys involved Will Bardwell, with Democracy Forward. https://democracyforward.org/team/will-bardwell/ https://democracyforward.org/work/ms-leg-funneling-money/ a 501 c 3 organization https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/mississippi-judge-blocks-private-schools-taxfunded-grants/ No religious or other sect or sects shall ever c...
Nov 01, 2022•47 min
We’re pleased to have as our guest today Mississippi’s Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann. He’s going to share what he's been up to and what he hopes happens in the next session. https://ltgovhosemann.ms.gov/ The 2023 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 that’s the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January and lasts 90 days this year. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/htms/timetable.xml During legislative sessions, visitors may ...
Oct 25, 2022•47 min
What happens when our volunteer soldiers in America are exposed to toxic chemicals? What about their families? We’re going to talk about one instance – the Marine training base Camp Lejeune. Our guest is Oxford attorney, Roberts Wilson. https://www.wegetjustice.com/ https://www.wegetjustice.com/camp-lejeune-water-contamination/ https://www.va.gov/disability/eligibility/hazardous-materials-exposure/camp-lejeune-water-contamination/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 18, 2022•46 min
Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. One of the watch dogs for your civil liberties is the Americans Civil Liberties Union. McKenna Raney-Gray, an attorney with the ACLU Mississippi will discuss the rights of LGBTQ Americans. https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/biographies/mckenna-raney-gray-lgbtq-justice-project-staff-attorney ACLU Mississippi has a great page where you can learn more about protecting YOUR rights: police encounters, voting rights, constitutional rights, in a...
Oct 11, 2022•45 min
