In Legal Terms: Property Distribution

Laws are not the same from place to place in America. What might be legal in Louisiana or California isn’t necessarily the law here in Mississippi. Let’s learn about some of those differences today with our guest Professor Cal Peeler a guest professor at Ole Miss Law School. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/calvin-peeler/What courts handle the distribution of property in a divorce?Chancery Courts have jurisdiction over disputes in matters involving equity; domestic matters including adoptions, custody disputes and divorces; guardianships; sanity hearings; wills; and challenges to constitutionality of state laws. Land records are filed in Chancery Court.We’ve talked about domestic law a few times here on In Legal Terms. Most recently August 22nd of 2023 our guest was Chancery Court Judge Troy Odum and Child Supporthttp://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-child-support     https://courts.ms.gov/aboutcourts/aboutthecourts.phpIf you want to know what’s going on with our legislature, what’s being discussed, watch committee meetings, or see a calendar just head over to their website:https://www.legislature.ms.gov/calendars-and-schedules/I am very proud to announce that the next season of the MPB News program @Issue will be starting Friday, February 9th at 6:30pm on MPB Think Radio. There will be additional content on our YouTube channel. Michael Guidrey from MPB News will be joined by Republican Austin Barbour and Democrat Brandon Jones for weekly recaps and roundtable discussions about current issues. Will Stribling will be at the state capitol as MPB News' Legislative reporter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.