Posts in February, 2015

Feb 27 MS Supreme Court Punts on Same-sex Divorce

Yesterday, the Mississippi Supreme court stayed a case before it challenging the trial court’s denial of a divorce to a same-sex ...

Feb 18 Alimony is Not Deductible unless You’ve Paid All Your Child Support

Generally, child support is not tax-deductible, but alimony is. However, the IRS has ruled that the payer of support or alimony ...

Feb 09 Want a witness to show up at court? You better pay them.

Witness Fee Last year, Mississippi Code Annotated §25-7-47 was amended to set out fees for non-party witnesses under a subpoena. ...

Feb 04 Legislature Changing Divorce Law, or Meaningless Gesture?

House Bill 185 seeks to amend Mississippi’s divorce statute to add language that says that a divorce on habitual cruel and inhuman ...