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09/01/2026

Louisiana generally treats many filing deadlines as “liberative prescription,” not the common-law “statute of limitations.” The period depends on the kind of claim.

For delictual actions — civil claims arising from a wrongful act — Louisiana Civil Code article 3493.1 generally provides a two-year period running from the day injury or damage is sustained. That article was enacted by Acts 2024, No. 423, effective July 1, 2024. Other claims are governed by other periods. Defined circumstances can pause or extend the time; many do not.

Mississippi uses a residual three-year period for actions with no other prescribed limit. See Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-49.

A time-bar is a defense. This describes what those statutes generally provide. It does not apply them to anyone’s facts or calculate a deadline.

Aertker Legal, LLC — Covington, Louisiana — Stephen C. Aertker, Jr.

This post is general information about Louisiana law, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every situation is different. Consult a licensed attorney about your specific circumstances.

Legal deadlines are strict and vary by claim type. Do not rely on this post to calculate any deadline in your own matter. Speak with an attorney promptly.

Aertker Legal, LLC is licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi. Laws differ by state.

08/31/2026

Aertker Legal, LLC represents clients in employment-law matters in Louisiana and Mississippi, including workplace disputes, wage claims, discrimination issues, non-competes, and severance questions — for employees and employers.

Matters are handled directly by Stephen C. Aertker, Jr. Office: Covington, Louisiana. Craft-Driven. Technology-Powered.

Aertker Legal, LLC is licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi. Laws differ by state.

This post is general information about Louisiana law, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every situation is different. Consult a licensed attorney about your specific circumstances.

08/28/2026

Late summer on the Northshore. Aertker Legal, LLC is rooted in Covington, Louisiana — the same community where Stephen C. Aertker, Jr. lives and practices. Local courts, local commitments, direct representation for clients in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Craft-Driven. Technology-Powered.

08/27/2026

Louisiana law update — public records

On August 20, 2026, the Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit, decided Archote v. Tate, No. 2025 CA 0542.

The court reversed and remanded a trial-court denial of a public-records mandamus seeking internal investigation materials concerning alleged workplace misconduct by a former public employee. It held the records custodian did not establish a reasonable expectation of privacy in those investigative materials under the Louisiana Public Records Law, and that an agency policy statement cannot expand the statute’s personnel-records exemption. This is a disclosure and procedure ruling—not a determination of the underlying allegations.

Aertker Legal, LLC — Covington, Louisiana — Stephen C. Aertker, Jr.

This post is general information about Louisiana law, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every situation is different. Consult a licensed attorney about your specific circumstances.

08/26/2026

Mississippi law update — estates

On August 18, 2026, the Mississippi Court of Appeals issued an en banc decision in Estate of Thompson (Heirs of Thompson v. Bird), No. 2024-CA-01414-COA.

The trial court had dismissed a petition to reopen a closed estate as time-barred. The appellate court reversed and remanded. At the motion-to-dismiss stage, it held that the heirs adequately pled concealed fraud under Mississippi Code Annotated section 91-7-23, which can extend the time to contest a will in cases of concealed fraud. The opinion does not decide whether fraud occurred on the merits.

This is general information about Mississippi law—not legal advice—and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every situation is different. Consult a licensed attorney about your specific circumstances.

Aertker Legal, LLC is licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi. Laws differ by state. Office: Covington, Louisiana. Stephen C. Aertker, Jr.

08/25/2026

Aertker Legal, LLC represents clients in personal injury matters arising from another’s negligence, including roadway crashes and other serious injuries, for people in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Personal injury work is handled directly by Stephen C. Aertker, Jr. Fee arrangements in contingency matters are discussed at engagement; many personal injury representations are handled on a contingency basis.

Office: Covington, Louisiana. Craft-Driven. Technology-Powered.

Aertker Legal, LLC is licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi. Laws differ by state.

This post is general information about Louisiana law, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every situation is different. Consult a licensed attorney about your specific circumstances.

08/24/2026

Aertker Legal, LLC handles business transactions and business litigation for owners and managers in Louisiana and Mississippi.

That work includes LLCs, contracts, and operating agreements; commercial leases and non-competes; and partnership disputes, collections, and breach-of-contract claims. Matters are handled directly by Stephen C. Aertker, Jr., from the first call through resolution.

Office: Covington, Louisiana. Craft-Driven. Technology-Powered.

Aertker Legal, LLC is licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi. Laws differ by state.

This post is general information about Louisiana law, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every situation is different. Consult a licensed attorney about your specific circumstances.

08/22/2026

Starting a company, signing a lease, or stuck in a contract fight? That’s business law — and it’s a big part of what I do at Aertker Legal, L.L.C.

I work directly with owners and managers on:
• LLCs, contracts, and operating agreements
• Commercial leases and non-competes
• Partnership disputes, collections, and breach-of-contract claims

No hand-offs to a junior associate. When your business is on the line, you get me — Stephen “Curt” Aertker, Jr. — from the first call through the finish.

If something’s coming up for your company (or already landed on your desk), reach out. Happy to talk it through.

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08/19/2026

IN MISSISSIPPI, INHERITANCE BETWEEN A PARENT AND CHILD CAN RUN ONLY ONE WAY.

Last week we wrote about a Mississippi deadline that can cut off a child's right to inherit from a father. That same statute has a second half — and it points the other direction.

Miss. Code Ann. § 91-1-15(3)(d)(i) provides that the natural father of a child born outside marriage "shall not inherit ... [f]rom or through the child unless the father has openly treated the child as his, and has not refused or neglected to support the child."

Read that carefully. A biological connection is not enough. For a father to inherit from his child, two things have to be true: he openly treated the child as his, and he did not refuse or neglect to support the child.

The question is live right now. A Mississippi appeal decided July 28, 2026 involved a father whose claim to inherit from his deceased daughter was contested on exactly these grounds. The Court of Appeals did not reach the merits — it dismissed the appeal on a procedural point about which court's ruling was being appealed — so the statute's application in that case remains unresolved.

What does this mean for you?

Most families never think about inheritance running upward, from a child to a parent, until someone dies young. In Mississippi it is not automatic, and the conduct that matters happened years earlier.

If you have questions, we're here.

This is general information, not legal advice. Contact an attorney for advice on your specific situation.

AERTKER LEGAL, L.L.C. — Covington, Louisiana
985-612-7220 | www.aertkerlegal.com

Aertker Legal, LLC is a Covington, Louisiana law firm serving the Northshore and Mississippi — personal injury, family law, business, estate planning, successions, and more. Work directly with attorney Stephen C. Aertker, Jr. Call 985-612-7220.

08/13/2026

A HOME CAN BE SOLD FOR UNPAID TAXES. MISSISSIPPI JUST CLARIFIED WHO GETS TO FIGHT BACK.

On August 6, 2026, the Mississippi Supreme Court decided Johnson v. Cleveland (No. 2023-CT-01011-SCT).

A woman had lived in her Harrison County home since the 1980s. The property was sold at a tax sale. She went to court to void the sale, arguing she never received proper notice.

The buyer's response was that she had no business being in court at all — she was not the record owner.

The Court disagreed. Her claim of adverse possession gave her a real interest in the land, because under Mississippi law title vests by operation of law once the ten-year period runs, even before a court has said so. That interest was enough to give her standing to challenge the sale.

What does this mean for you?

Notice in a tax sale is not a formality. And "my name isn't on the deed" is not automatically the end of the conversation — long-term possession can carry legal weight.

Tax sale problems run on short clocks. If you have received a notice, or believe you should have received one and did not, it is worth looking at early.

This is general information, not legal advice. Contact an attorney about your specific situation.

AERTKER LEGAL, L.L.C. — Covington, Louisiana
985-612-7220 | www.aertkerlegal.com