Everyone loves a puppy! We’ll learn about your rights with a service animal with guest Robert Schwinn the National Legal Administrator at Canine Companions and disability attorney Rick Courtney whose daughter has a service animal. 

Canine companions website: https://canine.org/

From their website anyone can pre-order their 2024 puppy calendar, sponsor a puppy, or learn how to donate or volunteer.

National Headquarters:

1-866-CCI-DOGS (224-3647)

P.O. Box 446

Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0446

If you’d like to read up on Mississippi law, check out

2013 Mississippi Code

Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE

Chapter 6 - RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

Article 5 - MISSISSIPPI SUPPORT ANIMAL ACT

§ 43-6-155 - Support animals' access to public places; limitations

https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2013/title-43/chapter-6/article-5/section-43-6-155

It’s always best to go to the official source for information. https://www.ada.gov/resources/service-animals-2010-requirements/

US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division: ADA requirements: service animals page where you can learn how “service animals are defined, where they are allowed, and how they must behave. According to their website:

Staff may ask two questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability, and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform.

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Happy New Year! What I mean is, Happy “ Fiscal “ New Year. Our state starts a new year with new laws. We’ll learn about those new laws from MPB’s legislative reporter – Will Stribling. We’ll learn what laws didn’t pass also.

The Mississippi Public Service Commission, on June 13, 2024, approved a new area code to be assigned to the same area occupied by the 662 code. The new area code is 471. Existing 662 customers will keep their current telephone numbers, but new customers, or requests for additional lines, may be assigned the new 471 area code once it’s activated. Further updates will be announced as the implementation process begins in late 2025 or early 2026.

We had Public Service Commissioner, for the Northern District, Chris Brown on In Legal Terms April 9th. You can listen to that podcast to learn more about the Public Service Commission.

You can find out vehicle information by listening to MPB’s Auto Correct. On recent broadcast/podcasts Germaine Flood and Master Mechanic Coach Charlie Melton talked about 2 bills that recently passed the Mississippi legislature:

House Bill 0349 Squatted vehicles; prohibit modifications to motor vehicle which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender. bans vehicles with front fenders that are four or more inches higher than rear fenders.

Senate Bill 2695 Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.

If you’re interested in finding out what our Mississippi House and Senate members are up to you can read or watch them online. https://www.legislature.ms.gov/ is the website to read about measures.

Now, if you want power yourself – you can register to vote. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s website has a wealth of information about registering to vote. October 7th is the deadline for registering to vote in the November general election.

AUGUST 7th             Qualifying Period Begins. First day candidates may file petitions and/or qualifying

statements for the offices of County School Board, Municipal Separate School District

Trustee, Special Municipal Separate School District Trustee or Consolidated/Consolidated

Line School District Trustee. Think about it. Could you see yourself on your county’s school board?

ILT Podcast about voting rights

ILT Mobile sports betting podcast

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We’re learning about adoption law today with our guest attorney, Chad King from the firm of Thompson Addison. https://thompsonaddison.com/team-member/chadking/

The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services can give you more information about adoption and foster care. In Legal terms had their commissioner Andrea Sanders on a recent broadcast.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-foster-care

We also talked with folks from the Office of the State Defender about Youth and Family Defense

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-youth-family-defense-program

Senate Bill 2244      Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges. Was a bill recently passed by our Mississippi legislature. We’ll learn about that and other new laws next week on In Legal Terms.

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2244.xml

 If you like watching videos or documentaries about adoption – The MPB Public Media App and PBS.org is for you! Many of the videos are free to watch. But if you are a sixty dollar annual contributor (that could be five dollars a month), you have the member benefit of Passport. You’re able watch any of the videos online and on our app. 

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Department of Public Safety? What all is that and how does it affect you? Eric Brown, General Counsel for MSPS will tell us. https://www.dps.ms.gov/administration/legal-division Guest co-host Adam Kilgore General Counsel, The Mississippi Bar. https://www.msbar.org/media/3109/what-to-do-when-you-get-a-bar-complaint-adam-kilgore.pdf

Attorney volunteers are needed to serve as judges during the 2024 Mississippi High School Mock Trial Competition, sponsored annually by the YLD of the Mississippi Bar. There will be three Regional Competitions: Southern on January 27 in Gulfport, Central on February 3 in Jackson, and Northern on February 10 in Oxford. The Statewide Competition will be March 1-2 in Jackson. More Info: https://msbar.org/pro.../high-school-mock-trial-competition/

Have you thought about a career in law enforcement? In Legal Terms did a show with the director of training from the North Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Center . You can find that podcast from December 21st 2021 here: http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-law-enforcement-training

February 12th is the Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline: Applicants who register in-person in the Circuit Clerk’s office on that day and those who mail registration applications postmarked no later than February 12th are eligible to vote in the March 12, 2024 Primary Elections. If you want to have a say in who is nominated by ONE party or THE OTHER for president, or the 4 House of Representatives seats or Senator Rodger Wicker’s Senate seat you have less than 2 weeks to get registered. https://sos.ms.gov/

IRSs News for 2024

State Sex Offender Registry

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Some good news has come out of our latest legislative session; ways to protect youth and families. We’ll let our guests from the Office of the State Public Defender explain: André de Gruy, State Defender, Jennifer Morgan - Family Defense Program Manager, and Tonya Rogillio - IDT Coordinator. We’re talking about the Youth and Family Defense Program.

One place to find a directory of public defender is the Office of State Public Defenders: ospd.ms.gov and click on Find a Public Defender. There you’ll see Felony level, certified parent, certified youth, and certified death penalty defenders.

There’s a Juneteenth Free Expungement Clinic Saturday, June 15th 2024 from 9am to noon in Canton. Get the address and list of things you MUST bring by checking the Office of State Public Defender’s facebook page post

If you’re interested in hearing more about the work from the office of State Public Defender, André de Gruy, check out our past podcasts:

In Legal Terms: Juvenile Life Without Parole 05/16/2024

In Legal Terms: Public Defenders 11/15/2022

In Legal Terms: Public Defender System Reforms

In Legal Terms: Bail 02/09/2021

In Legal Terms: Capital Defense 10/15/2019

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We’ve all bought something before. Have you bought something that has harmed you? Whose fault is that? We’ll learn about product liability law with attorney Trey Bourn from Butler Snow.

The website https://www.butlersnow.com/ has a long long list of News & Events you can select from to learn more about many subjects. More information about our guest can be found as well as the blog: Product Lines https://www.butlersnow.com/news-and-events/category/product-lines-blog

If you’re interested in the topic of product liability, In Legal Terms did another podcast on the topic a couple of years ago.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/in-legal-terms-product-liability

If you need help selecting a lawyer there’s a “How to Select A Lawyer” article on the Mississippi Bar website. https://msbar.org/for-the-public/how-to-select-a-lawyer/

Spoliation: The destruction or alteration of evidence resulting from a party's failure to preserve evidence relevant to a litigation or investigation.

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Jury duty – there’s two ways to think of it: a chance to do your American civic duty or a big disruption to your life. How do you see it? We’ll learn more about Jury duty today with attorney Charles “Chuck” Mullins from Coxwell and Associates. If you like to read up on personal injury, nursing home abuse, dog bite law or so many other topics before you act when choosing an attorney Coxwell Law.com has a huge list of topics you can learn about. You can also learn about today’s guest – Charles Mullins, the attorney who’s helping us learn about jurys. https://www.coxwelllaw.com/

There are different kinds of jurys. If you travel more than 50 miles and need to stay overnight, you might be reimbursed for a hotel, milage, and get a daily attendance fee. Read your details! https://www.mssd.uscourts.gov/petit-jury-information

We’ll have the Mississippi Bar’s video about being on a jury on our information page. https://msbar.org/for-the-public/juror-video/ and Juror's Guide (msbar.org)

From the website https://www.desotocountyms.gov/388/Jury-Duty: If you receive a phone call stating that you have missed your jury duty service and you are in contempt of court, please immediately contact the DeSoto County Sheriff. No one from this office will ever direct you to pay a contempt of court fine over the phone.

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Jury duty – there’s two ways to think of it: a chance to do your American civic duty or a big disruption to your life. How do you see it? We’ll learn more about Jury duty today with attorney Charles “Chuck” Mullins from Coxwell and Associates. If you like to read up on personal injury, nursing home abuse, dog bite law or so many other topics before you act when choosing an attorney Coxwell Law.com has a huge list of topics you can learn about. You can also learn about today’s guest – Charles Mullins, the attorney who’s helping us learn about jurys. https://www.coxwelllaw.com/

There are different kinds of juryies. If you travel more than 50 miles and need to stay overnight, you might be reimbursed for a hotel, mileage, and get a daily attendance fee. Read your details! https://www.mssd.uscourts.gov/petit-jury-information

We’ll have the Mississippi Bar’s video about being on a jury on our information page. https://msbar.org/for-the-public/juror-video/ and Juror's Guide (msbar.org)

From the website https://www.desotocountyms.gov/388/Jury-Duty: If you receive a phone call stating that you have missed your jury duty service and you are in contempt of court, please immediately contact the DeSoto County Sheriff. No one from this office will ever direct you to pay a contempt of court fine over the phone.

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Attorney Francis Springer has a unique point of view – he’s an attorney but he’s also been a deputy sheriff. We’ll learn about your rights when interacting with police; how you could or shouldn’t handle a stop.

You can find a complete list of traffic laws in Mississippi in Title 63 “Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations” of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated

https://mdot.ms.gov/safetyeducation/teens/mississippi-traffic-safety/

HB 349 was passed and signed into law by Governor Tate Reeves during the last legislative session. It’s a ban on “squatted vehicles,” which prohibits modifications to motor vehicles which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender.

Auto Correct discussed this on their suspension broadcast on May 2nd 2024.

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0349.xml http://autocorrect.mpbonline.org/episodes/auto-correct-suspension

ACLU Mississippi has a webpage that provides tips for interacting with police and understanding your rights. 

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MPB Think Radio’s In Legal Terms with expert host attorney Adam Kilgore.

We’ve got our most popular topic on the show today – Estate Planning. Everyone will die at some point. If you want a say on what happens to your property after you die, now is the time to make plans. Our guest Elizabeth Wynn from Kyle-Wynn and Associates will give us tips. If you’d like to read up on estate planning, Kyle-Wynn’s website has a resources tab with pdfs with information on HIPPA, trusts, veteran’s benefits and Medicaid information. 

https://www.mpbfoundation.org/ has a link and information about creating a will. There’s also information about leaving a legacy and planned donations.

About 1 in 9 people (10.9%) age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s dementia. The percentage of people with Alzheimer’s dementia increases with age. 33.4% of people age 85 and older have Alzheimer’s dementia. People younger than 65 can also develop Alzheimer's dementia. Although prevalence studies of younger onset dementia in the U.S. are limited, researchers believe about 110 of every 100,000 people age 30 to 64 years, or about 200,000 Americans in total, have younger-onset dementia. https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf

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