A speeding ticket is never an exciting proposition. However, this does not mean it will automatically affect your insurance. In Mississippi, you may qualify for driving school and the ticket would not go on your record. If you pay the ticket and attend driving...
Year: 2021
Property Taxes-A Reminder
Remember to always pay your property taxes. This simple reminder can save you and your family a lot of headache during the probate process or even years after. Your local County's Chancery Clerk and County's Tax Collector will likely have information on the parcel of...
Widow’s Allowance
Estate cases affect families differently. Sometimes Estates deal with people in the twilight of their lives, and other times it deals with people in the primes of their lives. When dealing with the death of a spouse, the surviving spouse oftentimes is left with a...
Common Questions in Estate Cases-How Long?
One of the most frequent questions we get about the probate process is-How long will this take? The simple answer is-IT DEPENDS. There are a number of factors that determine how fast an estate will be closed, but the answer depends on how fast each step in the...
What is an Estate? (Re-Post)
When people use the term Estate that simply means a person's belongings at the time of their death, whether it be land, vehicles, or bank accounts. An estate typically has property in two different categories-personal property and real property. Personal...
Expungement Process
At Gibson & Mullennix, we practice in a number of areas of the law. When dealing with expungements we always get a number of calls. Once we establish if our client is eligible, the question we get the most about expungements is the time frame it takes to get...
Small Estate Affidavit Revisited
Pursuant to Section 91-7-322 of the Mississippi Code, persons are allowed to file a small estate affidavit. But in 2020 the amount of estate permitted increased. The total amount of the Estate now may be up to $75,000.00. All other elements of the statute remain the...
Early Parole Eligibilty Signed by the Governor
The Mississippi Governor recently signed a new bill that will go into law on July 1, 2021 allowing for expanded parole eligibility for Defendants convicted of a felony: Nonviolent crimes. All persons sentenced for a nonviolent offense shall be eligible for parole only...
Life Insurance Policies and Other Outside of the Estate
A common question for people seeking probate attorneys is the issue of life insurance proceeds, mutual funds and 401k distributions. These assets more often than not pass outside of the Estate. Typically, the person who passes away sets up a beneficiary on these...
DUI Expunction
Mississippi allows for Expungement of DUI conviction, but there are several conditions that must be met. Mississippi Code Annotated Section 63-11-30 is the DUI Statute. Section 13 deals with expungements in order to be eligible for an Expungement the statute...