An often-overlooked element of Estate Planning is ensuring you’re on good financial footing if your health becomes a bit of a handful. For more than half of Americans, that will mean paying for long-term care at an average total cost of…
An often-overlooked element of Estate Planning is ensuring you’re on good financial footing if your health becomes a bit of a handful. For more than half of Americans, that will mean paying for long-term care at an average total cost of…
University of Mississippi School of Law: Bessie L. Young Council Vangela Wade (JD 1996) Founding Member “When Professor Bell called and invited me to come to the interest meeting for the Bessie Young Council, I initially went because when Professor Bell…
Life planning takes many forms for many people. And while we most often hear of efforts taken to care for aging family members or minor children, family members with special needs – whether mental or physical – may also benefit…
The State of Mississippi is keenly interested in how and when child support payments are ordered, satisfied, and administered by the courts. After all, “the best interests of the child” are always paramount in the minds of attorneys and judges…
Divorces are on the rise throughout the United States and Mississippi. In fact, a study in 2013 by Bowling Green University found the divorce rate in Mississippi to be the third highest in the country. While that’s no reason to doubt…
Getting Started with Adoption in Mississippi Have you or a loved one ever considered adoption? Adoption can be a great opportunity to improve the life of a child in need while building and growing your happy family. And we at…
At The Wade Law Firm, PLLC in Central Mississippi, we know that legal notions of Family Law, as well as legal terms themselves, have developed and grown over many years. During that transformation, a specialized vocabulary has emerged which can make…
Child Support in Mississippi: What If An Ex-Spouse or Non-Custodial Parent Stops Paying? What if the Non-Custodial Parent Can’t Meet His/Her Child Support Obligation? The State of Mississippi, like jurisdictions across the country, is keenly interested in whether or not ex-spouses or…
In one of our earlier blog posts, The Wade Law Firm, Central Mississippi Family Law Attorney, covered the basic fault grounds for divorce in the state of Mississippi. There are twelve fault grounds, and each is applied differently. So in…
Welcome to the The Wade Law Firm, PLLC blog! If you’re looking for a Mississippi Family Law, Wills, Estates, or Life Planning attorney, you’ve come to the right place. With a focus on uncontested legal matters, our firm offers a range of…