We do a show on wills about 3 times a year. They allow our listeners to call in to ask an attorney a question. Our attorney today is Kelly Kyle. We’ll discuss who needs a will and what happens when you die if you don’t have a will. http://www.kyle-wynn.com/home.html

9/7/2021 In Legal Terms: Draft a Will http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-draft-a-will

2/23/2021 In Legal Terms: Advanced Healthcare Directives http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-advanced-healthcare-directives

3/31/2020 In Legal Terms: Medical Directives http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-medical-directives

Questions:

• Living trust
• Transfer upon death
• Probate
• Power of attorney
• Executor
• Death in another state
• Title transfer
• Life estate
• Power of attorney
• Joint ownership
• Trustee

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Today we'll have a discussion about the over-enforcement of misdemeanor crimes. We’ll talk about how the misdemeanor system impacts equality in the US with our two guests Professor Alexandra Natapoff, Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Professor Cliff Johnson, Director of the MacArthur Justice Center, University of Mississippi School of Law.

https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/11764/Natapoff

https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/cliff-johnson/

Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal by Alexandra Natapoff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd91vfE9IjM

“Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem,” a documentary about the misdemeanor system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHnzqQIkJaM

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We want to live in a great community but does anyone like their Home Owner’s Association? What legal actions can they take against you? What legal actions can you take against them? Our guest is attorney Reed Martz from Freeland Martz in Oxford. https://freelandmartz.com/

According to the one website, there are over 370,000 homeowner associations in the United States. Collectively, this represents over 40 million households (over 53% of the owner occupied households in America). https://hoa-usa.com/

Reminder: today (05/31/2022) is the Primary Election Runoff Voter Registration Deadline. If you’re not registered to vote NOW, you can’t vote in next month’s primary election. But if you register today, you can vote if there’s a runoff in the primary. https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/elections/2022%20Elections%20Calendar.pdf

Friday, June 3rd 2022, there’s an expungement and will clinic in Jackson – It’s 11 to 3 at the MS Urban League with the MS Center for Justice. https://www.facebook.com/MVLP601/photos/a.10152213177355340/10159790806620340/

Saturday, June 4th, 2022, is the In-Person Absentee Voting Deadline, 12:00 p.m.: Circuit Clerks’ offices MUST remain open from 8:00 a.m. until noon. https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/elections/2022%20Elections%20Calendar.pdf

Questions:

• How to know you have an HOA
• HOAs are horrible
• CCRs
• Owners control
• Setting up an HOA
• Notification
• Oversite
• HOAs are great

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When family members don't have a will but leave their property to their decedents quite a quagmire can arise. The Mississippi Center for Justice helps those who qualify with this problem and also give educational presentations and seminars.

https://mscenterforjustice.org/heirs/

MCJ’s Heirs’ Property Help line 877-952-4347

email MCJ'S Heirs' Property Team: [email protected]

Pre-register for MCJ's Expungement and Wills Clinic

June 3, 2022

601-352-2269 ext. 129 for expungements

ext. 122 for wills

https://www.facebook.com/MVLP601/photos/a.10152213177355340/10159790806620340/

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Have you ever wanted to change your name? How do you do it in Mississippi? Who do you need to tell? Our guest Chancery Court Judge Troy Odom gives us the details.

https://www.rankincounty.org/department/index.php?structureid=39

Instructions for PRO-SE Adult Name Change Petitions (without an attorney) from DeSoto County https://www.desotocountyms.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4600/Instructions-ProSe-Name-Change-Adult?bidId=

MISSISSIPPI NAME CHANGE GUIDELINES Procedures may vary by county. If you have any questions, please contact the ACLU of Mississippi TEAP Advocacy Coordinator https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/namechange_roadmap_aclu_teap_03_0.pdf

Questions:

• Social Security Name Change in Mississippi
• Changing gender on birth certificate
• Changing title anecdote
• Adopted parent name revocation
• Changing parent after DNA test
• Nickname
• Stage name

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Are you looking for a versatile career that could help you impact the lives of others? Do you have a passion about how our country is “ruled”? Then you might want to attend law school. We can answer your questions and give you something to think about. Our guest is Dean Bette Bradley, from the University of Mississippi School of Law. https://law.olemiss.edu/staff-directory/bette-bradley/

Website for law schools:

University of Mississippi School of Law https://law.olemiss.edu/

Mississippi College School of Law https://law.mc.edu/

Organization accredits law schools:

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/aba_approved_law_schools/

Ole Miss is accredited: https://law.olemiss.edu/about/aba-required-disclosures/

MS Law is accredited: https://law.mc.edu/disclosures

Ole Miss 3+3 Program: https://law.olemiss.edu/video/33-program/

Previous Ole Miss Law School In Legal Terms broadcast: http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-law-school

Will Kim Kardashian become a lawyer? https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/2967727/kim-kardashian-law-school-baby-bar/

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Our guest for the show is property attorney, Terry Little from Harper Little in Oxford. Do you need an attorney for a closing? How can you handle a boundary line dispute? Our callers asked many, many questions! https://www.harperlittlelaw.com/about

You only have one week to get your voter registration up to date. Our U.S. Congressmen are running for re-election: Trent Kelly, Bennie Thompson, Michael Guest, Steven Palazzo

This week: Circuit Clerks’ offices MAY remain open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., including the noon hour (MS Code Ann. § 23-15-37(2)) for voter registration.

Saturday, May 7th: Circuit Clerks' offices MUST remain open from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. (MS Code Ann. § 23-15-37(2)) for voter registration. Monday May 9th is the Voter Registration Deadline, at 5:00 p.m. Applicants who register in-person in the Circuit or Municipal Clerk’s Office on the 9th and those who mail registration applications postmarked no later than the 9th are eligible to vote in the June 7, 2022 General Election. (MS Code Ann. § 23-15-37(2); MS Code Ann. §23-15-47(2)(a)

• Primary Election Day (U.S. Congress): Polls open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (MS Code Ann. § 23-15-1031; MS Code Ann. § 23-15-541(1))
• Mississippi Levee Commissioners General Election. Bolivar, Humphreys, Sharkey & Washington Counties

Terry Little was a guest on previous In Legal Terms podcasts:

• June 15, 2021  http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-property-law
• November 17, 2020  http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-real-estate-law

Need a lawyer? https://www.msbar.org/ has a lawyer directory and under For the Public there are a list of resources for pro bono assistance – that means free.

• Title insurance
• Boundary issue
• Land in will
• Survey and adverse possession
• Property from paying taxes
• Title
• Closing delayed
• Mineral rights
• Estate and Power of Attorney

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Our guest today is attorney Susan Steffey from Watkins & Eager. We talk about mediation. You don’t have to go to court. You can work together to get a satisfactory resolution. https://www.watkinseager.com/professionals-susan-l-steffey

If you’ve missed any of our program you can listen to the whole show's recording at in legal terms.mpbonline.org http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/ Also: mpbonline.org/radio where you can listen live to Think Radio and MPB Music Radio. https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/

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From MPB Think Radio, this In Legal Terms, the show all about you and your rights. Well, not “your rights”. Today is about animals and THEIR rights. Our guest is Jared Goodman, General Counsel of Animal Law for The PETA Foundation.

https://www.peta.org/

On April 6th, 2021 we had as a guest PETA Foundation’s Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement. http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-peta

If you’re an animal lover or like hearing about nature, you’ll probably like Creature Comforts, MPB’s Thursday 9am Central call in show. https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/ Creature Comforts is also a podcast: creaturecomforts.mpbonline.org

If you’re looking to adopt or if you need someone to take over an animal you’ve found consider looking at the website https://www.nokillnetwork.org/d/Mississippi/ And if you’ve worked with a shelter, they’d like you to leave a review for others to know what to expect with that facility.

Ukraine efforts: https://www.peta.org/blog/peta-germany-helps-ukraine-animals/

Cruel Wildlife Control: https://www.peta.org/issues/wildlife/cruel-wildlife-control/

Animal experimentation: https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/

Mississippi and the Animal Legal Defense Fund: https://aldf.org/state/mississippi/

Questions:

• neighbor's dog
• abusers
• roadside zoos
• controlled hunts
• kill shelters
• volunteers and vets

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Needing criminal defense must be one of the worst times in a person’s and a family’s life. We’d like to help out by providing some information, that we hope you won’t ever need! Our guest, attorney Francis Springer will answer some questions and help us become better informed.

https://www.springerlawoffice.com/

If you’d like general information in addition to dockets, briefs, orders and opinions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of Mississippi: https://courts.ms.gov/

The Mississippi Bar suggests: You should choose a lawyer as you would a doctor, dentist, accountant or anyone who provides services. Comparison shop. Check the credentials of different attorneys. Discuss fees with them candidly. And don't forget to talk with them about the wisdom of retaining legal counsel in the first place.

https://www.msbar.org/for-the-public/how-to-select-a-lawyer/

The Mississippi Bar has a list of ProBono options – that means free. We also have a few podcasts dealing with the public defender system. https://www.msbar.org/for-the-public/pro-bono-resources/

9/14/2021 In Legal Terms: Public Defender System Reforms

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-public-defender-system-reforms

5/28/2019 In Legal Terms: Indigent Defense

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-indigent-defense

4/3/2018 In Legal Terms: Public Defenders

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/5cd2d695f9e59c996625764e

What does it mean to be under arrest? https://lustick.com/resource/are-you-under-arrest/

There are many courts that hear criminal cases. https://courts.ms.gov/aboutcourts/aboutthecourts.php

Questions:

• nolle prosequi https://criminaldefenseattorneytampa.com/legal-defenses/nolle-prosequi/
• mental illness
• arrested while on bond
• consumer protection with MS Attorney General Money Talks podcast from 10/29/2019 http://moneytalks.mpbonline.org/episodes/money-talks-elder-financial-abuse
• comments
• theft from retirement account

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