You can now create a trust for yourself, the assets of which will be protected from claims of future creditors. Mississippi has joined a growing number of states that allow a person to establish a trust for himself with his own assets, with the assets in the trust being protected from the Settlor’s future creditors. […]

The Lawyer’s Revenge, Part 2 by: R. David Marchetti, J.D. LL.M. We have previously written about the vast contribution made to the financial well being of the legal profession by persons who attempt to write their own wills, with or without with the help of a “canned” legal form system such as LegalZoom. New evidence […]

The story is told of a small town lawyer in Mississippi who botched every deed he ever drew. The other two lawyers in town were talking one day, and one was complaining about how terrible it was that the third lawyer was messing up land titles around the county. The older, wiser lawyer said, “That’s […]

So says the Mississippi Court of Appeals in a case handed down last week. In In re Estate of Darby, NO. 2010-CA-00335-COA, the Mississippi Court of Appeals was asked to decide whether the Department of Medicaid could exercise its statutory recovery rights for Medicaid payments made to Arlyn Darby. Mr. Darby resided in a nursing […]

In In re Estate of Langston, No. 2008-CT-01090-SCT, Patricia Langston created joint tenancies with in her home and a certificate of deposit with her husband, Mansfield, but did not leave him anything in her Will. Following her death, Patricia’s executor sued Mansfield to set aside the joint tenancies on the grounds of undue influence. The […]